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Savannah Music Festival announces singer, songwriter and banjo player Kaia Kater as 2024-2025 Artist in Residence

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Savannah Music Festival announces singer, songwriter and banjo player Kaia Kater as 2024-2025 Artist in Residence

Referred to as “a star in the making," Kaia Kater released her first EP Old Soul shortly after high school graduation. By college graduation, she had been named to Rolling Stone’s list of the “10 New Country Artists You Need to Know.” She has released several albums and will now begin her year-long residency in Savannah, working with local songwriters and musicians as well as K-2 students. Savannah Music Festival (SMF) is delighted to […]

todaySeptember 8, 2024 3

Ed Rode’s Photography Book ‘Songwriter Musician’ Is Released

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Ed Rode’s Photography Book ‘Songwriter Musician’ Is Released

Porter Wagoner‘s golden, rhinestone-crusted bootsand intricately stitched wagon-wheel cuffs provide some showbiz flash for the cover. But inside photographer Ed Rode‘s coffee-table book Songwriter Musician: Behind the Curtain With Nashville’s Iconic Storytellers and Players, a series of static images captures a raw sense of dozens of creators affiliated with Music City. The Chicks make goofy faces for the camera, informal Luke Bryan plays guitar with his shoe scuffing a couch, Dolly Parton gets […]

todayAugust 26, 2024 4

Greg Kihn, ‘Jeopardy’ Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 75

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Greg Kihn, ‘Jeopardy’ Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 75

Greg Kihn, the Baltimore-born singer, songwriter and guitarist best known for the hit "Jeopard," has died. He was 75.According to a post on his website, Kihn died on Aug. 13 after struggling with Alzheimer's disease."Beyond the world of music and radio, Greg was renowned as a great storyteller and novelist with six published novels and a multitude of short stories," notes a statement on his site. "He had a unique […]

todayAugust 15, 2024 4

Who Is Metalcore’s Best Songwriter?

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Who Is Metalcore’s Best Songwriter?

Songwriting may not always get the love in metalcore that it does in other heavy music genres, but thanks to a thread in the Metalcore Reddit, fans are giving some of the genre's top songwriters their due.Who Is Metalcore's Best Songwriter?The author of the thread kicked things off, serving up a number of solid suggestions. "For me, there are a lot of fantastic writers in the genre, like Brian Wille […]

todayAugust 8, 2024 3

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Mark James, ‘Suspicious Minds’ Songwriter, Dead at 83

Mark James, the songwriter known for penning such timeless tracks as “Suspicious Minds,” “Hooked on a Feeling” and “Always on My Mind”, has died at the age of 83.James’ passing was first reported by the Houston Chronicle, who noted he died in his Nashville home on Saturday, June 8.James’ career got started in the late ‘60s when he became a staff songwriter for Memphis record producer Chips Moman. While there, […]

todayJune 13, 2024 3

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Taylor Swift Wins Songwriter of the Year at 2024 BMI Pop Awards

Taylor Swift took pop songwriter of the year at the 2024 BMI Pop Awards, which were held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Tuesday (June 4). Swift had a hand in writing 10 of BMI’s most-performed songs of 2023 – “Anti-Hero,” “Bejeweled,” “Cruel Summer,” “Karma,” “Lavender Haze,” “Maroon,” “Midnight Rain,” “Snow on the Beach,” “Vigilante Shit” and “You’re on Your Own, Kid.” Swift has received a […]

todayJune 5, 2024 5

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‘Mary Poppins’ Songwriter Dies at 95

Richard M. Sherman, the Oscar-winning songwriter who partnered with his late brother to craft tunes for such Disney classics as Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Jungle Book, died Saturday (May 25) at 95. Sherman, who also co-wrote “It’s a Small World (After All)” — considered to be among the most performed songs ever — as well as “You’re Sixteen,” a 1960 hit for Johnny Burnette which Ringo Starr […]

todayMay 25, 2024

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Lana Del Rey to Receive Songwriter Icon Award

Lana Del Rey will receive this year’s NMPA Songwriter Icon award, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) announced today. The award will be presented at the organization’s annual meeting at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City on June 12. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Del Rey, 38, has received 11 Grammy nominations (but, surprisingly, no wins yet). Her […]

todayMay 23, 2024 5

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Elvis Songwriter Dies in Poverty, as He Predicted

Most music fans today are aware there’s a long-running argument about whether the writers of the songs we love are fairly compensated for the profits made out of them.The internet brought the argument into the light, but it wasn’t really new. Since the era of recorded music began – and actually, long before that, when people bought sheet music rather than albums – the disagreement has raged on.It’s often assumed […]

todayMarch 28, 2024 3

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