Country star Cindy Walker was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Walker, who wrote countless hits across her six-decade career, was celebrated for her immediate, unpretentious songwriting style. The hall announced the…
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country star Cindy Walker was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, it was announced Thursday. Walker, who wrote countless hits across her six-decade career, was…
By adding books to plans, the streamer says it qualifies for rate discounts. Billboard estimates this will slash U.S. mechanical royalties by nine figures in its first year.
Multi-award-winning Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel will celebrate five decades of artistry on her “Un Deseo Mas Tour 2024,” which will stop in San Antonio in October.
Singer-songwriter Judee Sill packed a lot of living into her 35 years, much of it hard. Drugs, reform school, losing her father when she was just 8. Of her mother she said, “She was mean on top of being dumb.” In her late teens, in the…
Songwriting courses are exploding in popularity, with everyone from Mark Ronson to Alicia Keys as teachers. On a retreat in north Wales, our folk music critic tries to write her first song
When Jessica Pratt released her debut self-titled album in 2011, the singer-songwriter was critically praised for her austere guitar and hypnotic voice.