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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Songwriter News--4.25.12

 
Songwriter LP Goes Into The Wild -- As A Singer
WCVB-TV
Those big notes give her away: Not Laura Pergolizzi, songwriter, but LP, the singer crowds have heard, but never heard of. The artist, whose CD/DVD, "Into the Wild," debuts Tuesday; who'll be on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Wednesday; and whose album with ...
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Justin Bieber shocks songwriter
GoErie.com
The Irish singer-songwriter is best known for the early 1990s hit "Nothing Compares 2 U." Her latest album -- "How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?" -- was released in February. The 45-year-old says she had planned the tour because of the album's ...
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Songwriter Allen Shamblin on "The House that Built Me"
The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.
Allen Shamblin, a successful Nashville songwriter also famous for "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt, understood the universal power of music from a young age. At a master session he gave the ASCAP "I Create Music" Expo, a weekend conference ...
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Songwriting students learn from pros
The INDsider
The Dr. Tommy Comeaux Chair for Traditional Music held its first-ever songwriting class at UL Lafayette and the results can be heard free of charge Wednesday, 7:30 pm, at the Comeaux Chair Songwriter Showcase in Burke Theatre in Burke-Hawthorne Hall, ...
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Songwriters leak Britney Spears demo songs (video)
TheCelebrityCafe.com
Earlier this month, songwriter Michelle Bell leaked a Britney Spears demo song to her own personal Tumblr account. The telling track "Money, Love and Happiness" is from Spears's unreleased album, The Original Doll, a project that was derailed by ...
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Singer/Songwriter Hannah Chapplain Strikes a Chord With New Artist ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
STRATFORD, ON, April 25, 2012 /CNW/ - Hannah Chapplain, a singer from Alton, Ontario, is stepping into the spotlight as a new class of entrepreneur ready to make her mark bringing digital media content to market. Chapplain will be among 50 startup ...
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Q&A with Jon Secada, singer-songwriter and hepatitis C awareness advocate
The Hill
It was inspired, of course, by the campaign, and I guess my relationship with my father, and I'ma songwriter first, I'ma musician first, so musical expression for me is something that comes very natural. At the same time, it's a song about really ...
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Review: Carole King reveals the story behind 'A Natural Woman'
Los Angeles Times
In the distinctly unglamorous memoir 'A Natural Woman,' singer-songwriter Carole King details how she juggled early fame and family and a search for normality. Carole King's memoir, "A Natural Woman." (Grand Central Publishing; Al Seib / Los Angeles ...
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Russell Bisbey wins songwriting contest
Examiner.com
Russell Bisbey won the Texas State University Student Songwriting contest last night at Cheatham St Warehouse. His songs, "Hold On" and "Steel Rail Lullaby", were judged the best songs in the competition. The main prize in the annual contest is a ...
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Playing by his own rules Fame is no lure for award-winning Ladysmith singer ...
Victoria Times Colonist
The affable singer-song-writer is a fixture of the mid-Island music scene, having played in various venues around the Nanaimo, Duncan and Ladysmith area since he was a teen. Now a father of three, he has changed not only his priorities but his approach ...
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Blogs
 
Jimmy Fallon And President Obama Slow Jam The News | American ...
By Evan Schlansky
You knew he could sing the blues, but did you know that our sitting President can slow jam the news? Last night, Barack Obama was the guest on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, and for his first segment, he chose to join Fallon and house band ...
American Songwriter
CFCF Discusses 'Exercises,' Rap Collaborations, Peter Gabriel ...
By Theo Bark
We sat down the 24-year-old Montreal producer to discuss his favorite musical discoveries, potential hip-hop collaborations with Alabama hip-hop camp G-Side/Slow Motion Soundz, and his upcoming Peter Gabriel-inspired singer-songwriter ...

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