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French singer gets Irish award – but who wrote the song?
French singer Michel Sardou was awarded the “freedom of Connemara” at a ceremony at the Irish embassy in Paris recently. The award […]
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Free YouTube lyrics might be a thing of the past. The streaming giant is continuing to move features behind its Premium subscription […]
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A while back, British broadcaster Rick Osman pointed to a weird statistic: the number of weeks that bands had dominated the UK […]
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When Being in Three Places at Once Isn’t Just a DJ Fantasy What happens when the summer festival circuit collides with a […]
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I’ll be very upfront from the outset: I don’t understand this. Is it disrespectful to sing the US anthem in Spanish before […]
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Jesse Abraham Wins Lyricist Of The Year At The UMA
I must admit that I didn’t even know the Underground Music Awards had a lyric section, nor did I know hip-hop performer […]
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Prince and Stevie Nicks: the track that never was
I couldn’t help being struck by the article in Star Tribune about Stevie Nicks, former star of Fleetwood Mac. She has a […]
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RIP: Jerry Ragovoy
The death of Jerry Ragovoy seems to have gone unnoticed by the media. This is surprising, given the incredible catalogue of hits […]
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Syria: One voice less
I’ve often deplored the death of the protest song. So it was stunning to see how big a role music and chanting […]
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Songwriting: know the business
The 2011 broadcast of the BBC’s “Secrets of the Pop Song” featuring Guy Chambers has brought attention back to Ray Heffernan. At […]