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Songwriter Profile: Geoff Gibbons
Morrison Hotel, Yankee Hotel, Hotel California––locales that give title to collections of music. Add to this list Buffalo Hotel, a 12-song full-length from singer-songwriter Geoff ... -
Songwriter Profile: Bobby Long: New Revelations with "Ode to Thinking"
As collected by Francis James Child during the latter part of the 19th Century, the ballads of England and Scotland are rich historic documents of ... -
Songwriter Profile: Bobby Long: New Revelations with "Ode to Thinking"
As collected by Francis James Child during the latter part of the 19th Century, the ballads of England and Scotland are rich historic documents of ... -
Songwriter Profile: KaiL Baxley
Over coffee in a hipster cafe, singer/songwriter KaiL Baxley explains how his prominent black eye resulted from a sparring session in a nearby Los Angeles ... -
Songwriter Profile: Rodney Clawson, Chris Tompkins
Two of Nashville’s most successful songwriters, Rodney Clawson (Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw and Luke Bryan) and Chris Tompkins (Kenny Chesney, the Band Perry, Carrie ... -
Songwriter Profile: Lili Haydn
A classically trained violinist who has played with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Sting, Josh Groban and George Clinton’s P-Funk; an accomplished film composer, an ... -
Song Biz Profile: Jim Mize
The Arkansas Seer By Dan Kimpel According to Oscar Wilde, “The best work in literature is always done by those who do not depend on ... -
Songwriter Profile: Amy Stroup (Parenthood, Dallas, Vampire Diaries)
Understandably enthusiastic about the artistic upsurge emanating from her adopted hometown, Amy Stroup says, “There’s something happening that has never happened before, beyond the country ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ...
