Songwriting News--4.10.12

Angelica Firetto is a songwriting competition finalist; cast your vote now Suburban News By Suburban News Angelica Firetto, a 16-year-old junior, who attends the Academy for Performing Arts in Clark, found out in early March that she became a finalist in the New Jersey Shout Down Drugs Songwriting Competition. As part of the contest, ... See all stories on this topic » Suburban News

Omaha rock contest challenges girls' songwriting abilities Daily Nebraskan By Kelsey Haugen Omaha girls will be hoping for good luck as they perform songs about superstition in a music competition on a very unlucky day — Friday the 13th. The "A Week and a Song Contest" will be held at the Slowdown in Omaha Friday at 9 pm. See all stories on this topic »

Alberta Party gets high-profile songwriting help CBC.ca The two Canadian singer-songwriters are friends with Midge Lambert, the Alberta Party candidate for Battle River-Wainwright. According to a party news release, Church and Tyson spent time with Lambert when they recently performed in Camrose. See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Ne-Yo to receive SongHall's 2012 Hal David Starlight Award Examiner.com Ne-Yo is this year's recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame's (SHOF) prestigious Hal David Starlight Award, to be presented at the 43rd Annual Induction and Awards Dinner June 14 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel. The multi-platinum selling, ... See all stories on this topic »

Madonna: MDNA American Songwriter By Eric Allen April 9th, 2012 at 12:38 pm A lot comes to mind when hearing the name Madonna, but the most important things should be her songwriting and musical legacy rather than her celebrity status and scandalous sexcapades. See all stories on this topic »

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum education programs teach kids about this ... Plain Dealer Perhaps the songwriter ran out of words. Maybe the phrase was meant to be catchy. It could signify the girl was in love. Instructor Kathryn Metz, leading Women Who Rock: Songwriting and Point of View, embraced them all. See all stories on this topic » Plain Dealer

Elvis still doing the unexpected The Province By Tom Harrison, The Province April 10, 2012 While Elvis Costello has primarily stuck to songwriting and performing, he has also dabbled in acting, TV show hosting, composing soundtracks and producing. There are two ways to interpret Elvis Costello's ... See all stories on this topic »

Blowing Her Horn to Break Down Bias and Bullying MarketWatch (press release) As a saxophonist-singer-songwriter, she's got a unique way of doing this: through a mix of urban, Afro-pop, and jazz flavored original songs, like those you'll hear on her new CD Live Out Loud. It's laced with her soulful sax solos, and lyrics that ... See all stories on this topic »