10/09/2008
Weakerthans, Karkwa Win ECHO Songwriting Prizes (ChartAttack.com)
Although Reunion Tour didn't win last week's Polaris Music Prize, The Weakerthans made it two-out-of-three victories in Canadian music awards with cash incentives in the last three weeks and are now $5,000 richer after claiming the ECHO Songwriting Prize for Reunion Tour's "Night Windows" on Wednesday.
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10/11/2008
The best learning holidays for kids (MSNBC)
From golf lessons to falconry lessons and sailing and songwriting, the lowdown on the best vacations that teach tots, teens, and youngsters in between.
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10/10/2008
Bob Dylan - Dylan Inspired By Burns (ContactMusic)
BOB DYLAN was inspired to take up songwriting after he read a verse by Scottish poet ROBERT BURNS. The folk legend was asked to name his greatest influence as part of ...
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10/10/2008
Deerhoof: Offend Maggie (Pitchfork)
After steadily growing more accessible over the past few years, quintessential art-rock band Deerhoof have added a new guitarist and here take the songwriting tricks of their recent albums and apply them to a raw rock aesthetic. read more
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10/10/2008
Audio File: Norma Jean's Collective Wisdom (The Press-Enterprise)
Norma Jean has a less-than traditional approach to songwriting. The post hardcore band, which plays the Glass House in Pomona on Thursday, writes the lyrics collectively.
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10/10/2008
Carole King stumps here for Dems (Cheboygan Daily Tribune)
CHEBOYGAN - A singing and songwriting legend will make a Cheboygan appearance Saturday in support of the Democratic Party.
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10/10/2008
Not a lot when it comes to Randy Newman's subjects (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Randy Newman is one of songwriting's masters, but, he says, he cannot write a straightforward love song. Yet while his reputation is made by his caustic and clever musical portraits and commentaries, his most beloved songs may actually be his love songs. Newman's "Marie" always tops fan-favorite lists. "Feels Like Home," which appears on Newman's new disc "Harps and Angels," sounds like a ...
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10/10/2008
All-American Rejects seek 'World' acceptance (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
About two months before the release of his band's third studio album, "When the World Comes Down," All-American Rejects singer/bassist Tyson Ritter is spending most of his free time drinking beer and engaging in kite-flying wars on the beaches of Northern Florida.
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10/11/2008
Still a Heartbreaker: Tom Petty gears up for new album (Chicago Sun-Times)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers have wrapped up another summer tour, demonstrating they still can fill arenas with hook-heavy guitar rock three decades after their debut.
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10/07/2008
Songwriting contest to show off talents of musicians (Kane County Chronicle)
BATAVIA – Several budding songwriters will show off their own writing skills Saturday during the second annual Art In Your Ear Amateur Songwriting Contest.
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