Today’s exclusive track is by a NYC resident whose songwriting draws upon the influence of R&B, Soul, and Hip Hop...
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Neo-folk walks hand in hand with hip-hop on an effortlessly soothing, yet desperately crushing release from this gifted American songwriter...
Hip hop is given the punk treatment, as Astronautalis proves why it is one of the world’s most diverse genres...
Cardiff’s premier Afro-funksters Afro Cluster are back, with a promising new single and news of a new EP next year...
Team Sodajerker meet an inspirational songwriter with 11 albums, 10 Grammy nominations and a 20+ year career under her belt...
The rap legend is one of an increasing number of artists who’ve taken to explaining their lyrics via the website...
Songwriting meets the frontman of a legendary British band whose entire 25-year output has just been reissued in boxset form…...
Coleman gives a background to some of the hip-hop classics you love, and shows greatness can be achieved by all...
Sodajerker are back again, and this time they’ve invited the Canadian duo Chromeo to talk about the secrets of songwriting...
Bristolian live faves return with a third single that sees them continuing to blur the lines between several musical genres ollowing the...
The debut EP from Until The Ribbon Breaks fuses sample-based hip-hop with genuine lyricism – and succeeds where others have...
The excellent Deltron 3030 offer a tantalising glimpse of things to come with their ‘City Rising From The Ashes’ EP...
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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.