The Glaswegian songwriter takes us through the creation of his album ‘Bread & Circuses’, complete with tips from Ray Davies...
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Dave Davies lifts the lid and teases details of what the band is working on, now they are back together...
The lead guitarist, songwriter and singer of the influential English 60s rock band tells of his classic track’s haunting origins...
The Kinks songwriter prepares to release ‘Americana’, a 15-track collection of originals inspired by his memoir of the same name...
The New Year Honours List sees The Kinks’ songwriter and frontman awarded a knighthood for his service to the arts...
With the ‘Sunny Afternoon’ stage musical going great guns in London’s West End, here comes the accompanying two-CD ‘greatest hits’ The...
The Canadian ‘songwriter’s songwriter’ started learning hundreds of covers, has a ‘no co-writing’ rule and hasn’t got a mobile phone...
The podcasting duo Sodajerker secure some time with a national treasure, as they talk songwriting with the brilliant Tom Robinson...
An oft-overlooked album from Ray Davies and co gets the Deluxe Edition treatment, a full 42 years after its original...
This book sets out to do for British artists what ‘Songwriters On Songwriting’ did for their US counterparts – and...
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I am going to write every day for at least two hours in the morning and finish writing at least 3 songs per week
I don’t want to be a singer (I sing when I write and that’s all). I write for others. I write about life, love, joy, […]
"Music is what feelings sound like" has always been a quote that has often made it clear in my mind why I write songs. The
Songwriting isn't an optional event. It's a part of who I am - and not showing up for ourselves is the surest way to lose […]
It's who I am. Even if I tried I could never quit writing songs. The words and melodies come to me.