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    Interview: Seafret (2026)

    Interview: Seafret (2026)

    With a new album, anniversary reissue and Atlantis still casting a long sha...
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    Interview: Morgan Nagler

    From television sets to songwriting sessions with indie’s leading voices, a...
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    50 female songwriters on International Women’s Day

    For International Women’s Day, 50 of our favourite songwriters tell us abou...
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    Song Deconstructed: ‘Future Display’ by Sanyu

    Song Deconstructed: ‘Future Display’ by Sanyu

    The Norway-based musician’s meditation on future ruin and present com...
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    How we wrote OneRepublic’s ‘I Ain’t Worried’ by Ryan Tedder

    How we wrote OneRepublic’s ‘I Ain’t Worried’ by Ryan Tedder

    When lockdown led to a video call with Tom Cruise, the superstar songwriter...
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    Song-by-Song: ‘Bomb Romantics’ by The Blood Arm

    Song-by-Song: ‘Bomb Romantics’ by The Blood Arm

    Singer Nathaniel Fregoso on a debut album that somehow captured one of the ...
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    How I wrote ‘Hey There Delilah’ by Plain White T’s’ Tom Higgenson

    How I wrote ‘Hey There Delilah’ by Plain White T’s’ Tom Higgenson

    Armed with a name and location, the Illinois band’s lead singer conju...
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    How to deal with grief through songwriting

    How to deal with grief through songwriting

    Drawing from his own personal experience, singer-songwriter Luke James Will...
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    Dean Friedman on doing your songwriting homework

    Dean Friedman on doing your songwriting homework

    The experienced American singer-songwriter explains how researching your so...
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    Interview: The Online Recording Studio’s Joe Wadsworth

    Interview: The Online Recording Studio’s Joe Wadsworth

    The remote music production service where songwriters skip traditional stud...
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    5 tips for songwriters starting a band by Shane Cooley

    5 tips for songwriters starting a band by Shane Cooley

    Think your songs will be best served by putting a group together? These hel...
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    Crys Matthews’ Songwriting Survival Kit

    Crys Matthews’ Songwriting Survival Kit

    From motorway melodies to rain-soaked reflection, a socially conscious arti...
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    Shelf help: 35 of the best books for songwriters [March 2026]

    Shelf help: 35 of the best books for songwriters [March 2026]

    To celebrate World Book Day, we share our favourite songwriting reads that ...
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    Tamara Dos Santos’ Songwriting Survival Kit

    Tamara Dos Santos’ Songwriting Survival Kit

    From her beloved songbook to a decent cuppa, the rising R&B singer and ...
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    Sydney Minsky Sargeant’s Songwriting Survival Kit

    Sydney Minsky Sargeant’s Songwriting Survival Kit

    With a debut solo album under his belt, the Working Men’s Club songwr...
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    MiDi KwaKwa’s Songwriting Survival Kit

    MiDi KwaKwa’s Songwriting Survival Kit

    Diary, guitar, mic, laptop – each shapes the German-Ghanaian singer and son...
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    USA Songwriting Competition deadline nears for 2026 entries

    USA Songwriting Competition deadline nears for 2026 entries

    Grammy-winning alumni, chart success stories and international winners unde...
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    USA Songwriting Competition winners announced and reopens for 2026

    USA Songwriting Competition winners announced and reopens for 2026

    Critically acclaimed Tulsa songwriter John Moreland tops the 30th annual ed...
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    Marking 10 years of the Christmas Songwriting Competition

    Marking 10 years of the Christmas Songwriting Competition

    This year’s winning songwriters will be jingling all the way to a tro...
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    30th Annual USA Songwriting Competition now open for entries

    30th Annual USA Songwriting Competition now open for entries

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