Samantha Savage Smith takes us to her hometown, curating a playlist of its finest music with plenty of personal connections...
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Our latest selection of new songs gracing this month’s playlist, from Amaroun, Wet Leg, Nerina Pallot, girlhouse and more Click...
Complete with the haunting howls of actual coyotes, we learn about a song that was born in the Virginian wilderness...
Moving to Boston, finding a new community and entering/exiting her first gay relationship; huge life events inform this new album...
Learn all about a joyful song that was born during sleep and became a celebration of motherhood and family history...
The Canadian songwriter and David Crosby band member has put together a septet of tips that will improve your process...
A universal theme of broken hearts and moving on is at the centre of the London-based/American songwriter’s new indie-folk song...
Having written music for Sky Arts, BFI and others, the award-winning composer, producer and songwriter has some tips to share...
Questioning the existence of love in the face of temptation, we get to the heart of this modern R&B anthem...
Celebrating our pick of the month’s best new music, featuring Elles Bailey, Brooke Combe, Phoebe Green, Margaret Glaspy and more...
One half of Dutch dream-pop band Maida Rose takes us through each song off their intimate and ruminative debut album...
Joey Landreth dissects a song that contemplates the pull of life on the road versus the desire to be home...
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