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The annual songwriting awards are one of the most coveted and prestigious prizes in the British and Irish music industry...
This year’s Ivors were awarded last night in London, honouring the very best of the UK’s songwriting and composing community...
Coldplay, Michael Kiwanuka, Nick Cave and Skepta are among the songwriters in the running for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards...
The award-winning songwriter and frontman of The Feeling talks to the podcasters about his knack for crafting “annoyingly catchy” melodies...
Adele is once again named Songwriter Of The Year, with Damon Albarn, Jamie Lawson and Villagers also among the winners...
Ed Sheeran, Roots Manuva, Years & Years and Jamie Lawson among those with a chance of winning an Ivor Novello...
Ed Sheeran, Manic Street Preachers and Black Sabbath are included among the winners at this year’s Ivor Novello Award ceremony...
Sam Smith, Clean Bandit, Royal Blood, George Ezra and Alt-J among those in the running for statues come 21 May he nominations...
Noel Gallagher has taken to BBC Radio Four to claim that artists that employ a songwriting team are destroying music...
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I have been writing songs now for over 40 years and I am not about to stop.
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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
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