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In an extract from his book ‘The Art Of Songwriting’, musician Ed Bell explores what it means to be creative...
Team-working and creative problem-solving specialist Rob Sheffield on managing the egos, agendas and personalities involved in a group songwriting session...
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The story behind this much-loved new wave hit from 1980 – it’s not actually what popular legend supposes it’s about...
The Wombles songwriter recollects how a song about death became the theme to ‘Watership Down’ and a No 1 hit...
An inter-species tale of unrequited love provided the surprising inspiration for one of the most memorable songs of the 1990s...
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Not content with just reinterpreting the past, the County Down artist is adding her own folk tales to the genre
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