Plato says that a poet is like a fountain, which pours out anything which flows into it. The third principle underlying effective narrative development in songwriting is Verisimilitude: “like the ...

Dan Wilson is a husband, father, and Grammy-winning songwriter for the likes of Adele, the Dixie Chicks and Celine Dion, and co-founder of Minneapolis music legends Trip Shakespeare and Semisonic — ...

For hitmakers Chuck Harmony and Claude Kelly, songwriting can be a “lifesaving tool” during times of distress. Now, with the music industry facing an unsteady future due to the pandemic, and with no ...

As a DIY icon, a successful entrepreneur, a commanding performer and a world-class songwriter, Ari Herstand has made quite a name for himself. Yet, for as much advice as he was giving other artists on ...

The Oscar-nominated trio behind "Husavik" chose not to mock the campy, yet beloved, European song contest — but did make unorthodox use of Google Translate. By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent Of the ...

On a recent mid-spring morning in Tennessee, Alex Kline is learning to live again in her Nashville home. A week earlier, Tenille Arts’ “Somebody Like That” — a pulsing, pop-friendly debut that Kline ...

It's hard to deny that Taylor Swift is a pretty amazing songwriter. (Swift even quotes her own lyrics on social media!) Over the years, we've been given more and more insight into Swift's writing ...

The rising star, who's gone viral on TikTok, is staking his claim in country music Thomas Crabtree Music has long lived in the lineage of Austin Williams. The TikTok star that could easily be written ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with songwriter Amy Allen, who is shortlisted for the non-classical Songwriter of the Year Grammy Award for a second straight year.

Parton started writing songs at a young age. She wrote one called “Puppy Love” at just 11 years old. She then recorded it at 13. So it’s not surprising that she went on to write many beautiful songs ...