songwriting

José González knows exactly where he wants to take you. And he’s patient and organized about getting there.

The hit country songwriter notes that anyone can write platitudes, but getting to the heart of true love is hard work.

Estelle jumps from power ballads to early-'90s house to sassy r&b to reggae-pop. But maybe she does it a little too perfectly.

I don't know if jealousy is the right way to describe how I feel about Beck. He does, however, remind me of my own shortcomings. I don't know if ...

When we dream of escaping ourselves, escaping the mundane beginnings that swaddle us, from our earliest embarrassments on into our teenage years...

Having spent the better (obviously the wrong word) part of my listening life in a thralldom to both severe depression and the saddest music I can...

Red Fang’s singer thinks that Take That are clearly talented, but they need some more flavor.

It’s not her broken-hearted best, but the new Marianne Faithfull album still feels like a welcome visit from an old friend.

Singer-songwriter Holly Miranda assesses the new album by the woman who first inspired her to write a song.

Joanna Gruesome’s singer on the “happy-sad” world of Grouper and the overwhelming power of quiet.

The new album by the elder stateswoman of early '70s British pastoral-pop is a quietly defiant rebuke to a lot of things.

On his 20th album, Robyn Hitchcock drops the whimsy for a focused meditation on death, love and loss.