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The American-Canadian alt-country singer-songwriter who performed as Oh Susanna offers advice on how to write about deep or hard subjects...
With the release of her technicolour new album ‘Pink Noise’, the songwriter from Birmingham is embracing a bold new future...
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The Counting Crows frontman discusses his band’s new album and looks back on their 1993 masterpiece ‘August And Everything After’
We head up the Hollywood Hills and back in time to a now mythical place in the history of songwriting
How I wrote ''74-'75' by The Connells
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How I wrote ‘Big In Japan’ by Alphaville
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16 song starters
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How we wrote 'Birdhouse In Your Soul' by They Might Be Giants
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How I wrote Art Garfunkel's 'Bright Eyes' by Mike Batt
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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How I wrote 'Suddenly I See' by KT Tunstall
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How I wrote 'If I Were A Boy' for Beyoncé by BC Jean
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How I wrote 'Dakota' by Stereophonics' Kelly Jones
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How I wrote 'I Alone' by Live's Ed Kowalczyk
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