Interview: The Levellers’ Mark Chadwick
May 3, 2018 in Features, Interviews
Celebrating their 30th anniversary, the punk-folk-rock band’s frontman and songwriter talks about his mysterious craft, finding inspiration, and undercover police…
Interviews
How I wrote ‘Place Your Hands’ by Reef’s Gary Stringer
April 28, 2018 in Features, Interviews
BRITROCK WEEK: The West Country rock band’s frontman tells us how their energetic, singalong single took shape and took off…
How I wrote ‘Good Enough’ by Dodgy’s Nigel Clark
April 26, 2018 in Features, Interviews
BRITROCK WEEK: The fun-loving indie trio’s lead singer and bassist recalls the Bob Marley-inspired conception of their biggest hit single…
How I wrote ‘I Wanna Go Where The People Go’ by The Wildhearts
April 25, 2018 in Features, Interviews
BRITROCK WEEK: The band’s frontman Ginger explains how a soundcheck riff and a casual interview comment inspired their unpredictable single…
How I wrote ‘Perseverance’ by Terrorvision’s Tony Wright
April 24, 2018 in Features, Interviews
BRITROCK WEEK: The Bradford band’s singer tells the story behind the writing of their riff-tastic ode to whales and dolphins…
Britrock Must Be Destroyed
April 23, 2018 in Events, Features, Interviews
BRITROCK WEEK: Before their playful UK tour celebrating mid-90s British rock, we hear from Reef, The Wildhearts, Terrorvision and Dodgy…
Songs In The Key Of… Country Pop
April 21, 2018 in Features, Interviews
Here we get Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jenn Bostic to pick out 10 tracks that perfectly straddle both pop and country music…
Interview: John Carter Cash
April 12, 2018 in Features, Interviews
Johnny Cash’s son talks to us about bringing his legendary father’s unpublished words to life on a star-studded new album…
Interview: Ben Harper
April 9, 2018 in Features, Interviews
The genre-blending, Grammy-winning musician and performer extols the benefits of songwriting, collaborating, skateboarding and channelling the frequencies of the universe…
Interview: The Magic Numbers’ Romeo Stodart
April 4, 2018 in Features, Interviews
As the English pop-rockers return with a new album, we chat to the band’s songwriter about life as an outsider…
Interview: Mark Oliver Everett
April 2, 2018 in Interviews, Songwriting Magazine Spring 2018
After making his own distinctive brand of music with Eels for over 20 years, E has come a long way…
Interview: Ian Anderson
April 2, 2018 in Interviews, Songwriting Magazine Spring 2018
On the 50th anniversary of Jethro Tull’s formation, the band’s pioneering, enigmatic, flute-toting frontman talks about their evolution and eclecticism…
Interview: Jonathan Wilson
April 1, 2018 in Interviews, Songwriting Magazine Spring 2018
Producer, musician extraordinaire and a songwriter with a genuine artistic vision, LA-based Jonathan Wilson really is one of a kind…
Interview: Calexico
April 1, 2018 in Interviews, Songwriting Magazine Spring 2018
After more than 20 years together, the musical relationship between Joey Burns and John Convertino continues to produce the goods…
How I wrote ‘What A Beautiful Day’ by The Levellers
March 31, 2018 in Interviews, Songwriting Magazine Spring 2018
The punk-folk-rock band’s lead singer, Mark Chadwick, tells us how the rousing, mid-90s anthem took just three minutes to write…
How I wrote ‘She’s So Lovely’ by Scouting For Girls
March 31, 2018 in Interviews, Songwriting Magazine Spring 2018
The pop rock band’s frontman, Roy Stride, explains how two years of tweaking went into creating their debut hit single…
Discover: Shoegaze
March 30, 2018 in Interviews, Songwriting Magazine Spring 2018
Music editor Damien Girling explores the scene, songwriters, albums and equipment that helped create the sound of late-80s indie rock…
The Album That Changed Everything (Spring 2018)
March 30, 2018 in Interviews, Songwriting Magazine Spring 2018
Some of our past interviewees reveal the iconic albums that have inspired and influenced them the most over the years…
Frankie Cosmos’ Songwriting Survival Kit
March 30, 2018 in Gear, Interviews, Songwriting Magazine Spring 2018
New York indie-pop singer-songwriter, Greta Kline – aka Frankie Cosmos – talks through the items that she can’t do without…
Diary Of A Songwriter: George Montague
March 30, 2018 in Interviews, Songwriting Magazine Spring 2018
A budding local musician tells us how he challenged himself to write 10 completely new songs in just 10 days…
How I wrote ‘Living In The Past’ by Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson
March 28, 2018 in Features, Interviews
On the 50th anniversary of the band’s formation, the enigmatic, flute-toting frontman talks about writing one of their best-known songs…
Harris Paseltiner of Darlingside’s Songwriting Survival Kit
March 26, 2018 in Features, Gear, Interviews
Want to know what the Boston alt-rocker couldn’t write without, then look no further as he reveals their 10 essentials…
