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Q&A With Diane Warren
Since her first breakout chart successes in the mid-‘80s, songwriter Diane Warren has sustained an extraordinarily enduring career, penning colossal chart hits and contributing signature songs to epic Hollywood films. ... -
Songwriter Profile: BAO
“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers,” wrote author James Baldwin. In the creative consciousness of songwriter, producer, recording, and ... -
Songwriter Profile: Jessie Jo Dillon
A perusal of Jessie Jo Dillon’s titles in the BMI repertory names her as a writer on 907 songs. As listed alphabetically, first is “10,000 Hours,” a massive global hit ... -
Songwriter Profile: Dan Penn
With classics like “Dark End of the Street” (James Carr); “Do Right Woman” (Aretha Franklin); “The Letter” (The Box Tops), and “I’m Your Puppet” (James and Bobby Purify), among hundreds ... -
Songwriter Profile: Jono Dorr
The touchstones in a conversation with singer-songwriter Jono Dorr are vast and varied, and might include discourses on Southern field hollers and prison songs, the Russian Revolution and truths told ... -
Album Review: The Room by Ricky Reed (10/10)
Distributed by: Nice Life Produced by: Ricky Reed While Reed is the artist on this project, released through his Nice Life imprint, the master producer magnanimously spotlights a stellar cast ... -
Album Review: Bless My Heart by Cady Groves (10/10)
In her tragically foreshortened career, the late Cady Groves worked with a diverse array of creatives including Jim Lauderdale and Savan Kotecha, and toured with Good Charlotte and All Time ... -
Songwriter Profile: John-Robert
With his debut CD, Bailey Barely Knew Me, singer-songwriter and producer John-Robert reveals song narratives steeped in endearing authenticity and music that is much deeper than the simple sum of ... -
Q&A with Margo Price
With her third full-length studio release, That’s How Rumors Get Started, Margo Price ups the ante with a slate of killer songs, a brilliantly intuitive band, and the brutal honesty ... -
Songwriter Profile: Maggie Szabo
With an exquisitely nuanced voice and a gift for penning hook-heavy melodies, Maggie Szabo is connected to a worldwide collective of co-writers, producers and remixers. For this Canadian native, her ...
