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 'Enola Gay' by OMD's Andy McCluskey
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Shelf help: 10 of the best books for songwriters
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16 song starters
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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How I wrote ‘Beds Are Burning’ by Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst
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How I wrote 'Food For Thought' by UB40's Robin Campbell
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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How I wrote ‘Big In Japan’ by Alphaville
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5 ways to get a song going and keep it fresh
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'Tis the season to enter the 6th Annual Christmas Songwriting Competition
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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