songwriting

To me, Mutual Benefit's debut Love’s Crushing Diamond is foremost about the constant passage of momentary time and the recognition of this...

Barry McCormack’s songs are gritty short films that deeply and sensitively evoke the dark, damp streets of modern Dublin. It feels like it's been...

I was rather late to the game of songwriting. I recorded my first album when I was 30 and, as with most first attempts, it was, at least to me...

"Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be...

This is a record I want to like. I've felt this way a lot about King Krule. I like Archy Marshall, the little I know of him via his public presence.

Some music comes along at a ripe emotional moment. It serves its purpose by distracting from the brittle feelings of what’s actually happening to...

Even though it’s kind of lazy and wishful to seize on an opening line to confer an overarching thematic intention on an album, it’s hard not to be...