Celebrating their 30th anniversary, the punk-folk-rock band’s frontman and songwriter talks about his mysterious craft, finding inspiration, and undercover police...
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The London venue’s series of intimate shows returns with another eclectic mix of artists, including Jimmy Webb and Beth Orton...
Now in its 11th year, Beautiful Days is a refreshingly uncommercial fixture on the UK festival scene. Clare Blakely reports…...
The unashamed garden-party-kid-fest rolls into Lulworth Castle’s grounds again. Aaron Slater investigates and speaks with Levellers’ songwriter Mark Chadwick too...
50 years of Christmas No 1's
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How I wrote 'Stay' by Shakespears Sister
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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How I wrote 'Enola Gay' by OMD's Andy McCluskey
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How I wrote 'Place Your Hands' by Reef's Gary Stringer
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Introducing... Moon Panda
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How I wrote Art Garfunkel's 'Bright Eyes' by Mike Batt
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How I wrote 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors' David Fenton
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16 song starters
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How I wrote ‘Beds Are Burning’ by Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst
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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.