songwriter

Was Sinatra the ultimate get for a songwriter?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Every songwriter has a trunk, and the trunk is full of songs that got tossed out of the show or were passed over when they were submitted or may have just not been finished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Anything from Yma Sumac, the Peruvian vocalist and songwriter, to David Bowie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Born in south-east London, he became a professional songwriter at the age of 14 when he signed his first publishing deal.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Your songwriter has written the solo as it sounds on his keyboard, so you have a C part.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

This rhythmic signature traveled from West Africa, the region that supplied the slave trade, to Cuba, and then was taken up by American songwriters from Jelly Roll Morton and W.C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Bill Doss, Will Cullen Hart, Jeff Mangum and Robert Schneider were music fanatics and budding songwriters whose tastes ranged widely but overlapped in the realm of psychedelic rock and pop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Berg says his goal as a record maker is to create things that endure — and indeed among his other recent projects are LPs by veteran songwriters Bruce Hornsby and Sarah McLachlan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Kiwanuka first made his mark 15 years ago, being named the BBC's Sound of 2012, and has established himself as one of Britain's most acclaimed singers and songwriters.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

But the growing commercial confidence of Broadway and Hollywood musicals and of their songwriters blossomed at a time when classical music was struggling to find a sense of purpose beyond mere experimentation.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall