Dear Nora, the long-running indie pop project of Portland songwriter Katy Davidson, has announced a new album, the first from the project in over 10 years. Titled Skulls Example, the release follows a reissue of the band’s phenomenal 2004 album Mountain Rock last year through former Casiotone for the Painfully Alone songwriter Owen Ashworth’s label Ordinal Records. More
Brittany Hazzard, better known as Starrah, has one of the most impressive songwriting catalogs in pop music over the last 24 months, having written Rihanna’s “Needed Me,” More
hits like “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” and “My Cherie Amour,” died Saturday at the age of 78. More
When Selena Gomez sings about drinking whiskey on the top floor of the Bowery overlooking New York City, it’s very well she draws on personal experience, but it’s Ali Tampori’s memory. More
9X Grammy Award-winning super producer, songwriter, and musician Bryan Michael Cox hosted his annual “Breakfast Club” Grammy brunch at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. More
Jack Tempchin, the singer-songwriter who wrote Eagles‘ “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and co-wrote the group’s hit “Already Gone,” among others, honors late friend and collaborator Glenn Frey with his sparse, poignant new version of “Part of You, Part of Me.” The duo originally co-wrote the track for the 1991 road drama Thelma & Louise.
In a video for the song, which marks the one-year anniversary of Frey’s death earlier this week, Tempchin plays…
George Michael, the iconic singer-songwriter who began topping charts in the 1980s as part of the pop duo Wham!, died on Christmas Day of heart failure in his home. More