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We chat with the hit songwriter who’s rediscovered his creative voice and love of making music after a lengthy drought...
Things Can Only Get Better for your songwriting if you listen to these lessons from Peter Cunnah and Al Mackenzie...
Rather than rest on his Britpop laurels, the frontman and lyricist remains inspired to create new music with his band...
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It’s been another hugely successful year for one of Nashville’s most distinguished songwriters, just how does she keep it up?...
The English songwriter reflects on revisiting his early influences, balancing distortion and restraint, and translating memory into layered, candid songs...
The late-blooming songwriter on slow-grown ideas, tender melodies hiding sharp truths, unfinished ‘babies’, creative doubt, and finally trusting his voice...
The Nashville-based singer-songwriter on presence, restraint, and the power of honesty on ‘Fatal Optimist’ – her most revealing record yet...
The Icelandic indie-folk icons return with their first album in six years and here Nanna reveals how it was made...
The rising Australian indie-folk star shares how late beginnings, creative flow, and personal honesty shaped his introspective, vulnerable new album...
From studio sessions to live performances – the saxophonist on collaborating with the iconic songwriter and witnessing his craft first-hand...
The award-winning songwriter discusses her new album – a reflection on heritage, memory, identity, and the evolving dialogue between traditions...
5 minutes with... Lawson's Andy Brown
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan
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How I wrote 'Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime' by The Korgis' James Warren
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Shelf help: 33 of the best books for songwriters [March 2025]
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Song-by-Song: 'Everythinglessness' by Alexander Wolfe
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How I wrote 'Iris' by Goo Goo Dolls' John Rzeznik
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Interview: Tom Basden
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How I wrote 'Mad World' by Tears For Fears' Roland Orzabal
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How we wrote: 'Eyes On Fire' by Blue Foundation's Tobias Wilner
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