The pop-rock band’s frontman explains how their debut hit took two years of tweaking and “dicking around on the piano”...
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Latest issue features Eels’ Mark Oliver Everett, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, Calexico, Jonathan Wilson, Levellers, Scouting For Girls and more...
First he brought us #OneSongAWeek… and now here comes his debut album proper, ‘Songs To Make Life Slightly Less Awkward’...
Entrance to Glastonbury Festival’s annual emerging talent competition opens tomorrow and it offers the winner a heck of a prize...
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How I wrote 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega
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Interview: Boy Meets Girl
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How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan
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How I wrote 'Walking In Memphis' by Marc Cohn
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How I wrote 'Mad World' by Tears For Fears' Roland Orzabal
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How I wrote ''74-'75' by The Connells
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How we wrote 'Waiting For A Star To Fall' by Boy Meets Girl
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How we wrote ‘Big In Japan’ by Alphaville
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Shelf help: 35 of the best books for songwriters [March 2026]
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How I wrote 'Handbags And Gladrags' by Mike d'Abo
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