Songwriting News--4.14.12

'Austin City Limits' to Lyle Lovett: Texas songwriter Connie Mims on the biz Washington Times She is to Texas songwriting women what GI Joe is to men and boys of all ages. Mims' reputation precedes her wherever she goes. She gathers little posses of songwriters around her, organizing workshops, co-writing, and playing the roll of benevolent ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Times

Song Premiere: Dan Charness, "Insomnia" American Songwriter By Dylan Thompson April 13th, 2012 at 5:34 pm With the release of his latest collection, Not for Love (EP), award-winning acoustic songwriter Dan Charness emerges as one of New York City's most promising singer-songwriters. The EP features six original ... See all stories on this topic »

Jackson coming to Crawford County Fair on Aug. 18 Meadville Tribune In 2011, he was a Songwriter/Artist inductee unto the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. On his website, Jackson states he doesn't like to compare himself to anybody in songwriting. "But if I was going to say somebody I wanted to be like, of course, ... See all stories on this topic »

Backstage Pass: Kat Edmonson songwriting debut YNN, Your News Now "Way Down Low" is Edmonson's songwriting debut, and her first national release. After making a name for herself playing jazz standards, Edmonson is now letting her original creativity air out with some help from Lyle Lovett. See all stories on this topic » YNN, Your News Now

The Magnetic Fields: 'Out Late At A Bar, Writing A Song' NPR 12:00 pm ET Stephin Merritt (far left) has led The Magnetic Fields since the early 1990s, with a songwriting style that ranges from sincere to bitter to ironic. Stephin Merritt (far left) has led The Magnetic Fields since the early 1990s, ... See all stories on this topic »

Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers Acoustic Guitar I tried to sing Emmylou Harris songs too, but realized I had to make it on my songwriting as opposed to my singing." Starlight Hotel is an amazing collection of songs that blends Muth's vocals and delicate fingerpicking with the all-around musical ... See all stories on this topic » Acoustic Guitar

Sayville Students Shine in Bye, Bye, Birdie Production Patch.com ... raging, panting, jungle beast" Ursula Merkle (played with hilarious hysterics by both dynamic Qxiara Tomasetti and bright Mollie Drinkwater). upsetting to his manager Albert Peterson who foresees financial ruin and the end of his songwriting career ... See all stories on this topic »

Confab offers convivial atmosphere for shop talk Variety Inviting a plethora of songwriters, composers, producers, legislators and music supervisors to discuss the ins and outs of their craft, with an audience largely comprising of songwriters and aspiring songwriters themselves, the event manages to tread a ... See all stories on this topic » Variety