One of America’s great songwriters weighs in on his process
A Songwriter’s Story
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Popdose Staff
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Read about the story behind the title track of the Iveys’ new album, “Jenna’s Song.”
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Popdose Staff
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Visit the Americans at their official site, and hear more music — including their latest release, Home Recordings — here. There’s an old story I remember, maybe in a book…
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Jen Chapin
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Roach got caught in the kitchen Old transmission died Tax man well he’s taking us Takin’ us for a ride Yes, all these things happened in the summer of 2009….
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Dw. Dunphy
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Michael Laine Hildebrandt discusses his song “Loving One Another.”
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Popdose Staff
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In January of 2012, at the start of the War Poets project, producer Kevin Bowe and I met to discuss possible songs for the album. We bantered around a bunch…
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Spottiswoode
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Spottiswoode tells the story behind his song, “Chariot.”
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Ben Arthur
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Ben Arthur shares the writing and recording process behind a track from his album “If You Look for My Heart.”
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James Parker
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James Parker of the Irish duo A Dark Horse discusses his songwriting approach
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Don Ralph
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In honor of Sean Connery’s 82nd birthday today (Aug. 25), Don Ralph of Life In A Blender writes about his song, “Sean Connery.”
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Joshua Ketchmark
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Take what you love and make it your life. That phrase comes to mind when I think of writing the song “Saving Grace,” from the Dreamers Disease EP. The opening…
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Scott Terry
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The lead singer and songwriter with Red Wanting Blue discusses his craft.
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Alex Wong
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One morning, during a break from a writing session, my friend Paul Freeman and I went to get a bagel down the street from my studio. We were talking about…
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Popdose Staff
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Ed Romanoff shares the personal journey that led up to the songs on his new album.
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Popdose Staff
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Conor Mulroy shares the writing method behind his latest LP, “Foxfire.”
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Chris Jennings
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Revisiting the writing process behind the band’s debut album, “Yossi.”
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Arlen Ivey
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Sometimes a song will come easy, and sometimes…it’s a long road. My two sisters and I (The Iveys) have two albums out now, and I continue to write songs every…
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Kyler England
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If only there were a science to songwriting, I’d master all the equations, become a songwriting machine and write great songs day and night… I studied science in college (chemistry…
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Jon Pousette-Dart
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The personal story behind a song from Jon’s Anti-Gravity album.
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Messerly and Ewing
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Mark Messerly and Brian Ewing retrace the creative journey to their latest album, Every Bitter Thing.
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Jon McLaughlin
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Jon McLaughlin describes the songwriting process behind his new album “Promising Promises.”
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Jon Jonsson
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Jon Jonsson discusses a track from his new album, “Wait for Fate.”
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Stephan Bayley
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Stephan Bayley discusses the stories behind the songs on City Squirrel’s new album, “defeat.”
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Jamie Kent
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Jamie tells the story behind a song from his new album, “Navigation.”
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Wyatt Overman
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Wyatt Overman retraces the steps that led to his solo debut.
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Edgar Breau
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Patches of Blue was recorded at Pine Street Studios, here in Hamilton, ON with producer Mike Birthelmer. Mike cut his teeth as an engineer at Grant Ave. Studios, during the…
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PT Walkley
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How a horrible art teacher inspired one of the songs on PT Walkley’s latest album.
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Anais Mitchell
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How do you know when a set of lyrics is the right one? Anais Mitchell explains
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Dam Brino
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The artist formerly known as Pickle Nose tells the story behind her new album.
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Terry Radigan
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How does an artist know when she’s done with an album? Terry Radigan shares her story.
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