Tag archive for ‘Writer of the Week’
Gotye
Aussie singer-songwriter Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” has become a bona fide global hit, thanks in part to the striking video and an inspired, mind-bending cover by Walk Off The Earth. Gotye’s album Making Mirrors has just been released stateside. We talked to the Belgian-born artist about his love for Depeche Mode, his [...]
Julia Nunes
22-year-old singer-songwriter Julia Nunes went from obscurity to 48 million views for her YouTube page in a few short years. She takes a hands-on approach to her career, creating her own videos, album art, T-shirts and more. Ben Folds is a fan; he took her out on tour after she posted one of her Ben [...]
Keller Williams
Musical stalwart Keller Williams has been working steadily since his 1994 debut, Freek. In addition to putting out a children’s album and various solo releases, he’s collaborated with Bob Weir, Michael Franti and The String Cheese incident. His 17th album Bass, with his live reggae band Kdubalicious, blends funk, jazz,dub, pop and psychedelia. We asked [...]
Jessie Baylin
After negotiating her way out of a major label deal, singer-songwriter Jessie Baylin releases her third album, Little Spark, on Thirty Tigers in January. New Jersey-born Baylin – who lives in Nashville with husband and Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill – cherry-picked multi-instrumentalist Richard Swift and producer Kevin Augunas to oversee Little Spark, a [...]
Cate Le Bon
Fresh from tours in Europe and the US with St. Vincent, quirky Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon releases her new album, CYRK, on January 17. The Cardiff resident, who grew up on a farm in rural Wales and records in Welsh and English, is known for her haunting voice and dark lyrics. We asked her [...]
Mac McAnally
For more than three decades Mac McAnally has been a part of the music scene in Nashville and Muscle Shoals. Whether as a writer of hits like Alabama’s number one “Old Flame” and Kenny Chesney hits “Back Where I Come From” and “Down the Road,” as a producer of such acts as Sawyer Brown and [...]
Seth Swirsky
(Photo: Songwriter Seth Swirsky with Ringo Starr) As the sole writer of the classic “Love Is a Beautiful Thing,” recorded by Al Green and several others, and a co-writer of hits by Taylor Dayne (“Tell It to My Heart”), Michael McDonald (“Tear It Up”) and more, Seth Swirsky has bragging rights to a lot of [...]
Bonnie McKee
(Photo: Ben Clark) Bonnie McKee seemed to have it all when she was still in her teens: An artist deal recording original material with Reprise (the album Trouble), which led to a song in a major movie soundtrack (Win a Date With Tad Hamilton) and a gig portraying the young Janis Joplin on NBC’s American [...]
Thomas Dolby
In October, Thomas Dolby put out A Map Of The Floating City, his first studio album in 20 years. But the ’80s music icon, who gave the world (and MTV) one of its quirkier hits in “She Blinded Me With Science,” an infectious slice of ’80s synth pop, had hardly been sitting around playing Ms. [...]
Michelle Shocked
Michelle Shocked is a veteran singer-songwriter and activist. This year, she’s celebrating the 25th anniversary of her debut album, the legendary Texas Campfire Tapes, which was captured live without her knowledge, and introduced the world to a singular voice. We asked Shocked about her seminal album, her approach to songwriting, and her thoughts on Occupy [...]
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