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Lucy Wainwright Roche
New Album with Guests Colin Meloy, Mary Chapin Carpenter Singer-songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche works well under pressure. Scheduled to track her sophomore full-length with friend, collaborator and producer Jordan Brooke Hamlin, ... -
Songwriter Profile: Noel Zancanella (Maroon 5, One Republic, the Wanted)
“This could be a really good life,” sings Ryan Tedder in the OneRepublic hit, “Good Life.” Tedder’s co-writer on the song, Noel Zancanella, can certainly confirm this sentiment. It wasn’t ... -
Miguel: Soul Ascending (Q&A)
He appeared as a charismatic young star whose ingenious artistry and show-stopping performances both acknowledged the history of R&B and forecast its future. As a San Pedro, CA teenager, Miguel ... -
Songwriter Profile: ZZ Ward
Balancing Beautiful and Bad Ass With her trademark fedora threatening to soar aloft in the wind, singer-songwriter ZZ Ward arrives at a Hollywood coffee shop accompanied by Muddy Waters. No, ... -
Songwriter Profile: Jack Tempchin (The Eagles)
He avows that he is a notoriously nocturnal creature who has witnessed the passing of thousands of midnights over the decades. And in these tranquil hours his creative spirit arises. ... -
An Interview With Songwriter Ali Tamposi (Kelly Clarkson, Beyonce)
Don’t expect any weepy “victim songs” from Ali Tamposi. “They don’t make you feel better––they just reassure you of your pain,” she says. This songwriter prefers a more commanding message. ... -
Songwriter Profile: Eric Bellinger (Chris Brown, Usher, Jennifer Hudson)
On his birthday, Eric Bellinger might be excused for wanting time off. Instead, he’s discussing his craft in a Sunset Boulevard coffee emporium before heading to the studio for a ... -
The Avett Brothers Q&A
As the word “Concord” signifies “Harmony,” it is appropriate that the two best-known residents of the town of Concord, NC, are Scott and Seth Avett, namesakes of the band the ... -
Janis Ian: Echoes of Endurance and Evolution
Janis Ian can fan the fires of controversy, beginning with “Society’s Child,” (recorded when she was 15 and released three times from 1965-67) her song about an interracial teen romance. ... -
John Braheny: 1938-2013
John Braheny: 1938-2013 John Braheny, the man known as the “Songwriters Best Friend,” and the author of the best-selling book The Craft and Business of Songwriting died January 19, 2013, ... -
Ammar Malik: Maroon 5 and Gym Class Heroes
"Moves Like Jagger” burrows into the consciousness with multiple hooks and a maddening insistence. The chart-topping Grammy-nominated song by Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera is co-written by Ammar Malik, a Virginia ... -
Dustin Welch: Verses from Tijuana Bible
Verses From a Tijuana Bible By Dan Kimpel In the hands of Dustin Welch a banjo possesses the ferocious firepower to confront abrasive electric guitars and hard-hitting staccato snares. “It ... -
Allan Rich: A Songwriter Covers All The Basics
By Dan Kimpel With multiple Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy nominations, songwriter Allan Rich is no stranger to the upper echelons of the music industry. While his catalog of ... -
Songwriter Profile With Rie Sinclair
By Dan Kimpel Emmy-nominated songwriter Rie Sinclair has amassed a prodigious catalog of credits for TV shows including Vampire Diaries, Nurse Jackie, The Hills, Californication, Charmed, Law & Order, plus ... -
Q&A with Matchbox Twenty
By Dan Kimpel Photo Courtesy of Atlantic Records With their first release in five years and first all-new collection of music in a decade, anticipation is ... -
Q&A with Amanda Palmer
By Dan Kimpel The unlikely tale of how Amanda Palmer raised a million plus dollars from over 25,000 fans on Kickstarter for the forthcoming Amanda Palmer and the Grand ... -
Q&A with Maroon 5
By Dan Kimpel It would be easy to attribute Maroon 5’s renewed eminence to Adam Levine’s presence as a judge on the breakout television hit The Voice. But simply celebrating a ... -
Q&A with Skylar Grey
by Dan Kimpel “I feel,” is an expression that prefaces many of Skylar Grey’s responses to questions about life, creativity, songwriting and her auspicious ascension into the constellation of modern music ... -
Q&A With Sugarland
By Dan Kimpel Photo by: Valarie Allyn Bienas Since their recorded debut in 2004, Sugarland have blazed remarkable inroads across the terrain of modern country music. Multiple Grammy, CMA and ... -
Q&A With the Decemberists
By Dan Kimpel A Celtic influenced folk-rock-roots band atop the Billboard charts: The King is Dead, the Decemberists’ No.1 release on Capitol Records arrived in the aftermath of a solid ...
