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John-Robert Longs For Home On New Song, “Healthy Baby Boy”

Jason Scott - 0
John-Robert has very few regrets about moving to Los Angeles. He traded Virginia’s “southern hospitality, the changing of seasons, and easy access...

East of June Got Personal in Latest Single

Anna Shoemaker Continues Her Gen-Z Alt-Pop Rise With “Won’t Make Me...

Jeffrey Steele’s Sons Of The Palomino Didn’t Craft ‘Blue 30’ With...

Bodies of Water

Three Years of Adversity Provides Album Fodder for Bodies of Water

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Gear Review: Positive Grid Spark Amp

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How do you sit with guitar in hand and not want to play the Spark amp all day? Seriously, Positive Grid’s new amp,...

Gear Review: PreSonus Eris HD10BT Headphones

Robert Dye - 0
Recording engineers, home studio owners and performing musicians know the PreSonus name from their line of mixing boards, studio and live sound speakers, microphones,...

Gear Review: Orange Crush Acoustic 30 Amp

Robert Dye - 0
I’ll get right to the point. I recently had a private party gig which featured one guitar and one vocal and, using...

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The Music Lab: Separating the Song From its Production

Clay Mills - 0
Welcome to “The Music Lab,” a new column powered by SongTown and featured in American Songwriter every month.  Hey! It’s a...
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Coaching

Jimbo Mathus of Squirrel Nut Zippers Has ‘a lot’ of Advice For Songwriting

Katherine Yeske Taylor - 0
Squirrel Nut Zippers leader Jimbo Mathus knows a thing or two about finding success as a songwriter by doing the exact opposite of what...
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Steve Kilbey Explains How Songwriting Can Come Through Persistence

Coaching Katherine Yeske Taylor - 0
Steve Kilbey has certainly proven his songwriting skills during his lengthy and prolific career. In 1980, he co-founded the alternative rock band The Church,...

Should I Always Have “Furniture” In My Lyrics?

Coaching Marty Dodson - 0
One of the most common questions I get is “How much furniture does my song need?”  What the writer means, is “How many concrete...

Songwriting U: Say Yes

Coaching Paul Zollo - 0
Part One. There's always good reasons to say no to songwriting opportunities. Stop being so reasonable.

Songwriter U: Say Yes, Part 2.

Coaching Paul Zollo - 0
This is Part 2 of a 2-part series. See Part 1 here. In the first installation of...

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John-Robert Longs For Home On New Song, “Healthy Baby Boy”

Jason Scott - 0
John-Robert has very few regrets about moving to Los Angeles. He traded Virginia’s “southern hospitality, the changing of seasons, and easy access to nature” (things he misses most about his home state) for bright lights and potential...
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Album Reviews

Americana’s Veteran Eccentric Jim White Delivers His Most Accessible Set With ‘Misfit’s Jubilee’

Hal Horowitz - 0
Jim White | Misfit’s Jubilee | (Fluff & Gravy Records)3 1/2 out of 5 stars Somewhere in most descriptions of singer/songwriter Jim White is the adjective “quirky.” And through eight previous albums starting with 1997’s Wrong-Eyed...
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East of June Got Personal in Latest Single

Madeleine O'Connell - 0
Dating apps are generally used to find a romantic connection with someone, but for Emily and Kyle in East of June, a swipe turned into a musical connection. Through the dating app, Kyle came...
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Daily Discovery

Anna Shoemaker Continues Her Gen-Z Alt-Pop Rise With “Won’t Make Me Cry”

Ron Hart - 0
"If this is what Gen Z is going to be like musically, I am all in," Refinery29's Courtney Smith raved about Brooklyn alt-pop artist Anna Shoemaker in late 2019.  A year later, the 24-year-old...
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Jeffrey Steele’s Sons Of The Palomino Didn’t Craft ‘Blue 30’ With a Hit Song in Mind

Tina Benitez-Eves - 0
Everything started clicking for The Sons Of The Palomino when Jeffrey Steele came across a couple of old songs he had written. “My publisher said, ‘man, these things are hit songs, if this was 10 years ago....
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Best New Music

Three Years of Adversity Provides Album Fodder for Bodies of Water

Rey Roldan - 0
“Every Little Bird,” the first single from Bodies of Water’s new album Is This What It’s Like, had a very auspicious start. “While the band was working on this one, Meredith had morning sickness real bad,” recalls David Metcalf, her husband...
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Leila Delivers an Emotional Get Out the Vote Message in “Go On Young Soul”

Matt Wallock - 0
Tomorrow, Los Angeles singer-songwriter and self-described “romantic indie soul” artist Leila will release her debut album, Glass Highways, but first, she wants to make sure you’ve made a plan to vote.  Leila’s new single...
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Album Reviews

Devin Sinha Draws a Line of Demarcation Between Reality and Reckoning on ‘Liminal Space’

Lee Zimmerman - 0
Devin Sinha | Liminal Space | (independent)4 1/2 out of five stars Devin Sinha makes music that could only come from an artist with a unique depth and distinction. Given those qualities, it’s no...
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Book Reviews

A Conversation with Peter Guralnick About His Latest Book, ‘Looking To Get Lost’

Bill DeMain - 0
Though Peter Guralnick is one of our most acclaimed music historians, with landmark biographies of Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips and Sam Cooke, he is, as he will tell you, a fan first. And that's what sets his writing apart. His...
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Daily Discovery

Dirt Miller Bares His Teeth Premiering Fightback Anthem, “Blinded by Substance”

Ken Churilla - 0
It’s not how many times you get knocked down, it’s how many times you get back up and reenter the fight. It’s a cliché, I know, but it’s a cliché for a reason.
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Interviews

Skip Ewing Embarks on an Exploration of Love and Devotion on “Wyoming”

Tricia Despres - 0
As the world continues to seemingly implode around him, singer/songwriter Skip Ewing finds himself discovering a brand new sense of peace. The late ‘80s hit maker who hit big with songs such as “Your Memory Wins Again”...
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Daily Discovery

Emerging Artist, Wolf Mason Introduces New Single, “Soft Lips”

Madeleine O'Connell - 0
For someone whose entire music career has basically been in quarantine, Wolf Mason has found a way to take advantage of the situation and build a good foundation for himself. “We’ve been really advantageous about...
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