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Artist development: someone else has to do it
Legendary A&R man Don Grierson talks about the huge changes that have taken place in the music business. In particular, the tricky […]
Lick this! Ireland celebrates “iconic” Irish voices with stamps
The Irish postal service, An Post, has just released four new stamps called Iconic Irish Voices to celebrate singers and musicians that […]
Read ArticleThe surprising story behind Sérgio Mendes’ hit “Mas Que Nada”
Sérgio Mendes, who died in September 2024, was one of the biggest stars of Brazilian music. Although his career spanned some 40 […]
Read ArticleNigerian national anthem changes (again)
We all think of national anthems as essential parts of our national identities that have been there… forever. But the Nigerian national […]
Read ArticleWriting a song using AI
I decided I’d try my hand at writing a song with AI. Just so you know, I’m a lyricist that never writes […]
Read ArticleWill Lara Trump really release a Tom Petty song?
Politicians misusing songs is a tradition by now. But Lara Trump is bringing a new angle to the practice. In 2020, Tom […]
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Yves Erauw: The Other Woman
I got a call out of the blue a few months ago from Yves Erauw, one of the contestants in The Voice […]
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‘Til I’m Back Home: our fave track for Christmas 2012
It’s hard to write a nice Christmas song. So kudos to Irishman Eric McGrath who has come up with a cute song […]
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Music as a weapon
We live in a political world. As songwriters in the west, we can more or less overlook this fact. But there are […]
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RIP: lyricist Hal David
Another one bites the dust. The connection between “Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head”, “Always Something There to Remind Me”, “Walk on […]
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Twisted Sister withdraw track from US presidential campaign
This one is so regular I could cut and paste the same article just replacing the name of the candidate and the […]