The long-standing songwriter contest with a $50,000 top prize is back for 2020 but only accepting entries until 29 May...
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Written in Hawaii then recorded in LA, we learn about each of the six tracks on this hypnotizing psych-pop EP...
Brisbane-based singer-songwriter and founder of I Heart Songwriting Club, Francesca de Valence offers three ways out of a creative rut...
With label issues and legal difficulties now behind her, the Scottish songwriter is finally free to release a new album...
The Nordic duo of Thorunn Egilsdottir and Mike Koster share their thoughts on making music without ever having studied it...
Aaron Bruno reveals the inspiration behind his band’s new album, including how the Woolsey Fire of 2018 informed several songs...
Faithless guitarist and producer Dave Randall talks us through the politically charged electronic-pop track by his South London collective Slovo...
A selection of the past two weeks’ favourite tracks from Hannah Grace, John Prine, Elles Bailey, Hazel English and more...
Producer, musician extraordinaire and a songwriter with a genuine artistic vision, LA-based Jonathan Wilson really is one of a kind...
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