Songwriting meets a band with one foot in the pubs of Dalston and Shoreditch, and one in the California surf...
Introducing… Ola Village
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
Interviews
Articles
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Michigan-born LA-based songwriter Ben Schneider tells the story of how his musical and visual arts ‘project’ Lord Huron was created....
The velvet-voiced songstress prepares to return with a sophomore album that’s been four years in the making. So what happened?...
This electro-rock trio may look like they’re all about style, but there’s plenty of substance to their songwriting as well...
Songwriting meets a young London singer-songwriter as he releases a new self-produced EP. Actually, make that singer-songwriter-producer. Or rather, singer-songwriter-drummer-guitarist-bassist-pianist…...
The duo of Emmy award-winning American Idol songwriter Trey Bruce and singer-songwriter Loni Rose talk about ‘making it’ in Nashville...
We meet the pop/experimental combo led by a woman once dubbed “the next in a line of great female songwriters”...
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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 […]