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Taylor Swift came second in the BBC’s Woman’s Hour annual list, with Adele and Sia also making the top 20...
The annual country music tour brings a mixture of established songwriters and ‘rising stars’ to five UK venues this autumn...
As she brings 15 months on the road to a close, Adele suggests her current tour may be her last...
Downtown Music Publishing announces long-term music publishing partnership with the OneRepublic frontman, in-demand hit songwriter and “Undercover King of Pop”...
Ed Sheeran’s ‘÷’ tops the million mark in under three weeks, with quadruple platinum status looking likely within the month...
The UK grime artist’s eagerly-awaited debut album finally sees the light of day, receiving support from peers and critics alike...
The 59th iteration of ‘Music’s Biggest Night’ is the Londoner’s crowning moment again providing another five awards for the collection...
The results of the BBC’S Sound Of 2017 poll have been announced… and the winner is soul singer Ray BLK...
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Adele and Ed Sheeran are among those in the running for the title at the BMI London Awards next week...
Christine and The Queens, Adele, Roisin Murphy, Stormzy and Slade among those celebrated at the independent music association’s annual bash...
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I'm going to keep songwriting by reminding myself that overflowing emotions can be relieved when I write them down or sing them out.
I’ve kept writing songs all through lockdown and have just released currently have 4 tunes waiting for me to find the right words. The songs
My best mate and I have been writing songs together for just under a year and we've just released our 1st single! I am so
I have been writing songs now for over 40 years and I am not about to stop.
Notebook writing even day
I wrote 'Start a party' for Freedom day and the nightclub scene. It all started with Gary Barlow's course, I am now on the TSA
I have plenty of ideas and try to get one end product at one time! Focus, making, listen to it until I am satisfied with
Continue to build an incredible music catalogue
I have been writing songs privately for the last 5 years, but never recorded any. I almost gave up on recording, and was going to
It's my passion, to be honest.