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Stars line-up for Band Aid 30th anniversary single

November 8, 2014 in News

Bob Geldof is assembling another all-star line-up to record another charity single, 30 years on from the original Band Aid… Tags: Adele, Alt-J, Band Aid, Ben Howard, Bob Geldof, charity single, Florence & The Machine, Midge Ure, One Direction, USA For Africa

ReverbNation contest winner #12: Cammie Robinson

October 29, 2014 in Competitions, Features, Interviews

The latest winner of our songwriting competition with musicians network ReverbNation is a self-producing, self-taught female singer-songwriter from West Yorkshire… Tags: Adele, Amy Winehouse, Bastille, Bjork, Cammie Robinson, Ellie Goulding, EMI, Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush, ReverbNation, songwriting competition, Y Not Festival, Yoko Ono

Dan Wilson to reveal more songwriting secrets

September 4, 2014 in News

The award-winning songwriter announces ‘Words & Music’ UK tour of songs and stories, and releases new single ‘Love Without Fear’… Tags: Adele, Birdy, Carole King, Dan Wilson, Dixie Chicks, Nas, Semisonic

2013: a bumper year for British music

August 3, 2014 in News

Figures from the British Phonographic Institute reveal that one in eight albums sold globally last year were by UK artists… Tags: Adele, Black Sabbath, BPI, British Phonographic Institute, Depeche Mode, Emeli Sande, James Arthur, Mumford & Sons, Olly Murs, One Direction, Passenger, Robbie Williams, sales, worldwide charts

Interview: Dan Wilson

July 3, 2014 in Features, Interviews

Semisonic’s frontman and go-to A-list collaborator for Taylor Swift, Adele, Birdy and more re-ignites his career as a solo singer-songwriter… Tags: A&M Records, Adele, Carole King, Dan Wilson, Dixie Chicks, George Harrison, James Morrison, James Taylor, John Legend, Martin Terefe, Nick Launey, Paul McCartney, Semisonic, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Trip Shakespeare

Sodajerker presents… Eg White

June 23, 2014 in Features, Interviews

The podcasting-songwriting duo speak with the “quintessential professional songwriter” whose list of collaborators include Adele, Tom Odell, Kylie and Duffy… Tags: Adele, Alice Temple, Brother Beyond, Duffy, Eg & Alice, Eg White, Florence & The Machine, Florence Welch, Ivor Novello, James Blunt, James Morrision, Jimmy Hogarth, Kylie Minogue, professional songwriter, Rebecca Ferguson, Sodajerker, Tom Odell, Will Young, Yip Yip Coyote

Young Songwriter contest winners announced

May 12, 2014 in Competitions, Events, News

Song Academy reveal the winners of Young Songwriter 2014, judged by the likes of Eg White and Fraser T Smith… Tags: Adele, Barry Mason, Becky Arundel, Dawsons, Eg White, Fraser T Smith, Izzy Mawdesley, John Cassidy, Kaitlyn Haggis, Lior Solomons-Wise, Natalie Shay, Notion, Orla O’Neill, PreSonus, PRS for Music, Rob Davis, Romy Sipek, Shure, Song Academy, Taylor-George Ellis, Tech Music School, Universal Music, Young Songwriter

Adele’s ’21’ tops three million digital sales

January 8, 2014 in News

Almost three years after its release, Adele’s ’21’ becomes the first album to sell more than three million digital copies… Tags: Adele, digital sales, singer-songwriter, UK charts

The 1975 top Radio 1 poll

September 28, 2013 in News

Manchester indie band go from strength to strength, proving a Radio 1 listeners’ favourite after their debut album went to… Tags: Adele, Bastille, Biffy Clyro, Ellie Goulding, Fall Out Boy, Florence & The Machine, Mumford & Sons, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Plan B, Radio 1, Robbie Williams, The 1975

Speaks Louder Than Words: Michael Kiwanuka

July 13, 2013 in Features, Interviews

BBC’s Sound Of 2012 winner shares his thoughts on music, how he crafts songs and his debut album ‘Home Again’… Tags: Adele, BBC Sound Of 2012, Metropole Orchestra, Michael Kiwanuka, podcast, Warner/Chappell

Interview: Natalie Gelman

June 18, 2013 in Features, Interviews

An opera-singing, roller-blading, blonde bombshell of a singer-songwriter who’s not afraid to busk her folk-pop on the subways of NYC… Tags: Adele, Alicia Keys, Carnegie Hall, Jewel, Joni Mitchell, Natalie Gelman, Patty Griffin, Sheryl Crow, Tracy Chapman

Robbie and Adele get swinging

March 24, 2013 in News

According to newspaper reports, two of Britain’s biggest musical superstars will team up on the ex-Take That frontman’s next album… Tags: Adele, duet, Robbie Williams

Adele signs up for another Bond theme

March 3, 2013 in News

Adele has signed up to sing a second Bond theme, in the wake of the huge international success of ‘Skyfall’… Tags: Adele, Bond, movie themes, soundtrack