Clik here to view.
Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival: last call for entries
The Smokey Mountains Songwriters Festival song contest is still open – but hurry! If you’d like to submit a song to this year’s song contest, be quick: the deadline’s been extended till Wednesday aking...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Django And Jimmie by Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard (Album)
Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson (not necessarily in that order) The latest collaboration between two outlaw country legends takes a nostalgic look at the dusty roads they’ve travelled down together he...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Songwriting goes to Nashville
Nashville: the centre of the country music world, and more besides On a recent trip to the US, Songwriting got to spend some time in the home of c0untry music, Nashville t seems as though every other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don Henley readies country album
Don Henley will embark on a US solo tour to promote ‘Cass County’ As Eagles’ farewell tour nears its end, Don Henley plots next move: a country album paying homage to southern roots on Henley, drummer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dolly Parton movie coming to US TV
Dolly Parton is one of the new film’s executive producers ‘Dolly Parton’s Coat Of Many Colors’, a “family-oriented, faith-based story”, will air on the NBC network at 9-11pm on 10 December oming to US...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sodajerker presents… The Bacon Brothers
Michael Bacon: “My mother wouldn’t let me get an electric guitar, she was kind of a Victorian purist. But the cello was fine.” The podcasting duo Sodajerker are back with an absolutely stellar sibling...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Introducing… Rashmi
Rashmi’s EP ‘Puzzle’ is out on 22 September A singer-songwriter, actress and succesful Hollywood screenwriter, Renaissance woman Rashmi blends Americana and Indian influences to really quite...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EXCLUSIVE! ‘Permission To Sin EP’ by Ten Ton Man
Kinda blue: Ten Ton Man ‘Gritty Americana’ trio Ten Ton Man return to our Thursday exclusive slot as Songwriting proudly debuts their new six-track EP Just over a month ago, our Thursday exclusive was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘The Bloodied Yonder’ by Ben Rogers (Album)
Canadian country singer Ben Rogers: the typical desperado weighing up his sins against the goodness he feels in his heart Recriminations, regrets and rebellion abound on this record of classic outlaw...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EXCLUSIVE! ‘The North Wind And Sun’ by Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons
Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons. Pic: Amber Zbitnoff Our Monday exclusive this week is a whole gosh-darned album – and a treat for fans of raw, rootsy Americana This week’s Monday exclusive isn’t a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Live review: CMA Songwriters Series at The O2, London (10 March ’16)
CMA Songwriters Series (left to right): Shane McAnally, Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Charlie Worsham A stripped-back and intimate evening with five of country music’s finest songwriters was the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Another Place And Time’ by Lisa Redford (EP)
‘Another Place And Time’ is full of crisp melodies and soothing warmth Latest release from this celebrated songwriter will have fans of folk, country and Americana full of the joys of spring Lisa...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Strange Like Trees’ by Jonny Debt (Single)
Jonny Debt: up there with the best of them Unique, honest and with an oozing style, the Canadian songwriter Jonny Debt is a supremely talented instrumentalist and gifted lyricist Canada has exported...
View ArticleClik here to view.
All the Dolly you can handle!
Dolly Parton’s 43rd studio album is out next month Dolly Parton’s forthcoming album ‘Pure & Simple’ is available to pre-order now, with four different ‘bundle’ options to choose from The next album...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EXCLUSIVE! ‘On My Own’ by Katie Garibaldi
Katie Garibaldi. Pic by Anna Haas. For this week’s first exclusive, San Francisco folk/country singer-songwiter Katie Garibaldi shares her brand new live video with Songwriting readers Our first...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EXCLUSIVE! ‘Tough Ones To Love’ by Amanda Richards
Tonight’s exclusive is from the excellent Amanda Richards Breaking from recent convention, we bring you a real treat tonight, with an exclusive album from an award winning songwriter She’s the Grammy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EXCLUSIVE! “Tarred & Feathered” (Album) by Cherry Head, Cherry Heart
Today’s exclusive is from the brilliant Cherry Head, Cherry Heart Today we have a real treat for you folks, with not just an exclusive track but a whole darn album Teesside alt-pop duo Cherry Head,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
London’s Country Music Week announced
CMW: recognising and celebrating emerging artists within the broad spectrum of country music As the Country to Country Festival kicks off, its organisers reveal plans for another series of shows across...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Country great Don Williams dies aged 78
Don Williams Harmony: his only album to have reached No 1 on the US Country Albums chart The highly acclaimed singer, songwriter and Country Music Hall of Famer, affectionately known as the ‘Gentle...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Elles Bailey to play triumphant Bristol show
You can see the wonderful Elles Bailey in Bristol this May The effervescent blues and country songwriter returns to Bristol this May, after a hugely successful time in spent in Nashville This May 31...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A History Of Now by Callaghan (Album)
Callaghan: Nashville-based Brit makes her UK debut with album number two Having already tasted success in the US, Lincolnshire-born songstress Callaghan brings her country-flavoured adult pop back home...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beverley Folk Festival’s unique country-crime mash-up
My Darling Clementine present a unique collaboration with crime writer Mark Billingham at Beverley Folk Festival Leading crime author Mark Billingham and country duo My Darling Clementine are teaming...
View Article
