With influences stretching back to the Ottoman Empire, we just had to learn a little more about this Oxford group...
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Today’s exclusive song comes from a songwriter raised on an island in South Carolina, who blends roots and folk music...
With her own compositions and reworked traditional arrangements, this Irish harpist has conjured up a debut album of serious quality...
We’re just a week into January, recovering from the holidays, and festivals are far from our minds. Or are they?...
To explore alienation and loss this Dudley native took a solitary three-month trip to the Highlands to exorcise his demons...
Our first exclusive for you this week is a wonderfully delicate number from a superb London born sibling folk duo...
Kayla Cohen has formed a band to help her bring this collection of veiled and mysteriously charming songs to life...
We catch up with the distinguished songwriter to ask whether it’s possible to write with a live audience in mind...
Our very first exclusive of August is a melodic and airy folk track from the supremely gifted US songwriter Comrad...
For this week’s first exclusive, San Francisco folk/country singer-songwiter Katie Garibaldi shares her brand new live video with Songwriting readers Our...
Our first exclusive of the week is a gentle and delicate folk number courtesy of a superb Switzerland-based indie-folk duo...
Tonight’s exclusive is from a duo who’ve traversed the impact love has on songwriting and come out the other side...
How I wrote ‘Beds Are Burning’ by Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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How I wrote 'Enola Gay' by OMD's Andy McCluskey
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Introducing... Matthew Mole
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16 song starters
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How I wrote 'I Alone' by Live's Ed Kowalczyk
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Shelf help: 10 of the best books for songwriters
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How I wrote 'Food For Thought' by UB40's Robin Campbell
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How I wrote 'Place Your Hands' by Reef's Gary Stringer
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