Kyle Cox Premieres New Song “Somewhere in Between”
“Somewhere in Between” is the first single off Cox’s upcoming self-titled album, produced by Mike Marsh More
January 15, 2018
American Songwriter Lyric Contest Winner Co-Writes With Rodney Crowell
photo by Rachel Briggs Quinten Collier, the grand-prize lyric contest winner for 2009, flew into Nashville this past week to lay claim to his coveted prize package. The spoils of victory included an all-expense-paid trip to Music City, as well as a co-writing session with the legendary Rodney Crowell. The Clifton, Colorado, resident flew into More
March 12, 2010
Matt Hoggatt Reflects On His Jimmy Buffett Experience
It all started with an email from American Songwriter magazine about winning the song-lyric contest, which led to an email from Jimmy Buffett who read the magazine, which quickly transformed my life for the next two years from that of a police detective to a traveling troubadour musician at the hands of none other than More
February 5, 2015
2014 Lyric Contest Winner Blair Bodine Discusses Her Co-Write with Ashley Monroe
When Ashley Monroe met 2014 lyric contest winner Blair Bodine for her “dream co-write” prize in Nashville, the Warner Brothers recording artist showed up with quite a nugget of inspiration for a new song. Monroe’s idea came in the form of a phrase that was left on her voicemail by none other than rock and roll More
April 25, 2016
Quinten Collier, 2009 Lyric Contest Grand Prize Winner, Looks Back
Quinten Collier 2009 Lyric Contest Grand Prize Winner (Co-write with Rodney Crowell) My experience with the Lyric Contest was unexpected, first off, because I had no intention of winning the Grand Prize; I just wanted the bi-monthly guitar. I was of course thrilled to be flown to Nashville, where I was treated extraordinarily well by More
February 1, 2015
Bill DiLuigi Teams With Chris Young For “Dream Co-Write,” Records At Sound Kitchen
“If Chris is going to sing it, it’s got to be a song for the girl.” That’s how Bill DiLuigi (known as Bill “D” to most) summed up “Parking Lot Dancer,” the song he penned earlier this month with RCA Recording Artist Chris Young during his “dream co-writing session” in Nashville. As part of his More
April 25, 2012
Caroline Spence: Married To The Mystery
“Is there a greater mystery than the way people relate to one another?” More
July 18, 2019
Matthew Francis Andersen Preps New Album with Single “The Devil Lives In Kansas”
“The Devil Lives in Kansas” is off Andersen’s forthcoming record Slow, the Summer Burned. More
August 24, 2017
Past Lyric Contest Winner Matthew Francis Andersen Offers Update
Matthew Francis Andersen won the September/October 2012 Lyric Contest with his song “Blue Line” which led to a “Dream Write” with Hayes Carll and then him cutting a song written prior, “The Devil Lives In Kansas.” A few years later, Andersen dropped an album called, ‘Slow, the Summer Burned‘ that featured that song as its More
April 25, 2020
