The 19-year-old from Brighton has already taken her unique sound from the teenager’s bedroom to the top of the charts...
Interview: Boy Meets Girl
How I wrote ‘Cool For Cats’ by Squeeze’s Chris Difford
Interview: Jamie Cullum
How I wrote ‘Turning Japanese’ by The Vapors’ David Fenton
How I wrote Art Garfunkel’s ‘Bright Eyes’ by Mike Batt
How I wrote ‘American Pie’ by Don McLean
How I wrote ‘Stay’ by Shakespears Sister
5 Minutes With… Brian Protheroe
Interview: Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Interview: Gary Barlow
Interview: The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne
Interview: Bróna McVittie
Interview: Tom Walker
Interview: Elles Bailey
5 Minutes With… KT Tunstall
How I wrote ‘Suddenly I See’ by KT Tunstall
Interview: Goo Goo Dolls’ John Rzeznik
How I wrote Christina Aguilera’s ‘What A Girl Wants’ by Shelly Peiken
How I wrote ‘Rabbit’ by Chas & Dave
Interview: Stereophonics’ Kelly Jones
Interview: INXS’ Andrew Farriss
How I wrote ‘Teenage Kicks’ by The Undertones’ John O’Neill
Songwriting Magazine Autumn 2020: The Quotes
Interview: Roachford
How I wrote ‘Light My Fire’ by The Doors’ Robby Krieger
Interview: James Taylor
Songwriting Magazine Autumn 2020 edition out now
Interview: Tenille Townes
Interview: Miranda Lambert
Interview: Rob Thomas
How I wrote ‘Lessons In Love’ by Level 42’s Mark King
Interview: Guy Chambers
Interview: Gabriella Cilmi
How I wrote ‘I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)’ by The Moody Blues’ John Lodge
Interview: DMA’S
Interview: Martin Terefe
How I wrote Bristol
How I wrote ‘What A Beautiful Day’ by The Levellers
Interview: Tori Amos
Jenna Andrews’ tips on getting the most out of a publishing deal
How I wrote ‘Yellow River’ by Christie
The Album That Changed Everything
Interview: P.P. Arnold
5 Minutes With… Liddy Clark
Interview: Eels’ Mark Oliver Everett
How I wrote ‘Is It Any Wonder?’ by Keane’s Tim Rice-Oxley
How I wrote ‘Underdog (Save Me)’ by Turin Brakes’ Olly Knights
Interview: Isobel Campbell
Interview: Jonathan Wilson
Introducing… Craig Stickland
5 Minutes With… Judy Collins
Interview: Kelvin Jones
How I wrote ‘Farewell To The Fairground’ by White Lies’ Charles Cave
How I wrote ‘Senza Una Donna’ by Zucchero
Frankie Cosmos’ Songwriting Survival Kit
How I wrote ‘Dance The Night Away’ by The Mavericks’ Raul Malo
Interview: Garbage’s Shirley Manson
How I wrote ‘Everybody’s Gone To War’ by Nerina Pallot
How I wrote ‘The Life Of Riley’ by The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie
5 minutes with… Midland’s Mark Wystrach
Introducing… Dan Aura
How I wrote ‘Enola Gay’ by OMD’s Andy McCluskey
Interview: Russ Ballard
How I wrote ‘Rhythm & Blues Alibi’ by Gomez’s Ben Ottewell
Interview: Jennah Barry
How to overcome writer’s block: 10 top songwriting tips
How I wrote ‘Glad All Over’ by Dave Clark
How I wrote ‘High’ by Lighthouse Family’s Paul Tucker
Interview: John Paul White
The importance of developing a standout brand in the music business
How I wrote ‘Dreams’ by Gabrielle
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The singer-songwriter aimed to craft “a big song” about “a modern America” and ended up delivering an eight-and-a-half-minute folk-rock phenomenon...
An inter-species tale of unrequited love provided the surprising inspiration for one of the most memorable songs of the 1990s...
With new album ‘Desert Road’ out now, the ‘Pinball’ wizard provides us with a quick insight into his writing process...
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I write songs all the time, I have written an album that I am going record and have professionally produced when lockdown ends.
I pledge to be song-full.
In addition to the many things that motivate me as a songwriter, 2020 generated much to write about and also emphasised the role that songwriting
I've been a guitarist/singer/songwriter for 25 years it's what I do. I work part/time in a supermarket so I am able to continue my work.
I have written lots of lyrics and l am pretty sure they are good but l don't belong to the world of music, l have […]