From classical discipline to blues confession, songwriting becomes survival, resilience and freedom while navigating Crohn’s disease, independence and creative truth...
Interviews
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We chat with the hit songwriter who’s rediscovered his creative voice and love of making music after a lengthy drought...
Rather than rest on his Britpop laurels, the frontman and lyricist remains inspired to create new music with his band...
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It’s been another hugely successful year for one of Nashville’s most distinguished songwriters, just how does she keep it up?...
The English songwriter reflects on revisiting his early influences, balancing distortion and restraint, and translating memory into layered, candid songs...
The interview for our Autumn 2018 issue gave us a chance to explore the inner workings of this iconic artist...
The late-blooming songwriter on slow-grown ideas, tender melodies hiding sharp truths, unfinished ‘babies’, creative doubt, and finally trusting his voice...
Written as a gift for his brother, this noughties classic track by James T. Slater still resonates with parents everywhere...
The five-Grammy-winning singer-songwriter sprinkled some of his brilliance over the Great American Songbook. Here, he told us all about it...
The Nashville-based singer-songwriter on presence, restraint, and the power of honesty on ‘Fatal Optimist’ – her most revealing record yet...
The Icelandic indie-folk icons return with their first album in six years and here Nanna reveals how it was made...
The rising Australian indie-folk star shares how late beginnings, creative flow, and personal honesty shaped his introspective, vulnerable new album...
5 minutes with... Lawson's Andy Brown
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Interview: Laurence Jones
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How we wrote ‘Big In Japan’ by Alphaville
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How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan
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How to find your songwriting voice
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How we wrote Maren Morris’ 'The Bones' by Laura Veltz
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Interview: Tom Basden
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How I wrote 'Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime' by The Korgis' James Warren
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How I wrote 'Iris' by Goo Goo Dolls' John Rzeznik
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How I wrote 'Mad World' by Tears For Fears' Roland Orzabal
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