IVW, the seven-day celebration of small music venues around the UK, is back for another year involving over 160 locations...
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Our columnist Lisa Redford reports back from BBC Music’s recent inaugural event for musicians hoping to break into the industry...
Reporting back from a creative weekend at a country house in Somerset, with thoughts from the organiser, coach and participants...
Miranda Lambert tops the list of finalists with five nominations, followed by Little Big Town and Keith Urban with four...
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Courteeners and Blossoms are among the acts welcoming back live entertainment fans to the venue...
The dozen albums in the running for this year’s accolade are announced ahead of the winner being awarded in September...
Our regular columnist Lisa Redford took in the outstanding musicianship provided at this year’s celebration of Americana and roots music...
We took in an evening with the veteran alt-rockers, as they performed a brilliant and triumphant set at our local...
The ‘Human’ hit songwriter also known as Rory Graham confirms seven live dates across the UK and Ireland this November...
The digital music service launches awards show, playlists, podcasts and ‘Songshops’ to highlight the contribution songwriters make to the industry...
Record label for children, Zeamu Music, supports annual campaign asking British families to switch off their electronic devices this Sunday...
First citywide celebration of New York’s songwriters will become an annual event, and NMPA credits Yoko Ono as ‘Imagine’ co-writer...
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