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Tag: USSS
USSS: Ross Durand
takes a lot of songwriting confidence to take on the challenge of writing an entire song for each line in Bob Dylan’s Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall. Takes a lotta songwriting chops to pull it off.
This year it looks like Ross Durand is going to finish this seriously ambitious and musically satisfying project. Continue reading “USSS: Ross Durand”
USSS: resonance
don’t even know his real name; he signs his emails res, but resonance is not just a brilliant songwriter, but a world-class performer. More than one of his songs sound like Styx got back together. Except maybe with even better lyrics. Continue reading “USSS: resonance”
USSS: Phil Norman
ewgrass: it’s what’s for dinner. Okay, maybe that’s not how it goes, but I’ll have Phil Norman‘s take on American bluegrass and folk any day. Continue reading “USSS: Phil Norman”
USSS: Phil Henry
imply the finest story-telling songwriter I know, Phil Henry will make you cry, guaranteed. Continue reading “USSS: Phil Henry”
USSS: Old Lost John
ut of the dark woods of far northern Scandinavia comes one of the most authentic American folk songwriters I’ve heard. I’ll let Old Lost John tell you where his music comes from: Continue reading “USSS: Old Lost John”
USSS: oddbod
hy isn’t oddbod famous? Proof positive that talent and fame are not connected. Tim “oddbod” Conway is one of the finest songwriters and performers I’ve ever heard. His new songs at FAWM turn into a mad rush to comment. A week in, his first song Instamatic has nearly a hundred comments from other songwriters who are supposed to be scrambling to write 14 songs of their own. Continue reading “USSS: oddbod”
USSS: Nicole Ponder
oices like this are made for country, and Nicole Ponder knows it. Not syrupy or overblown, just powerful and honest.
USSS: Mike Debenham
chingly beautiful, deceptively effortless. Another prolific songwriter, Mike Debenham has written tunes that will live in my head forever. Continue reading “USSS: Mike Debenham”
USSS: hoopshank
alling far outside the swingabilly world, Paul “hoopshank” Turrell is irresistible. How can you resist someone who writes a song about what a really big number a billion is, and turns it into something between Led Zeppelin and Yes? Continue reading “USSS: hoopshank”
USSS: Evin Wolverton
ard to pin down, is Evin Wolverton.
USSS: Elaine DiMasi
he most highly trained FAWMer I know, Elaine DiMasi is also the only person I know who’s ever written a madrigal for a licorice advertisement.
USSS: Des McKinney
prefer a bit of edge with your Americana? Des McKinney‘s got it covered.
USSS: Billy Sea
an you say “prolific” ? My buddy Billy Sea often writes 60 songs or more during FAWM.
And then writes hundreds (plural) more throughout the year.
FAWM USSS
anna discover some amazing new music from unknown (for now) singer/songwriters? I’ll be writing a series about my dozen or so favorite FAWMers. They’ll tend toward the swingabilly stuff I write and play myself, so if you’d like to discover classical, jazz, rap, metal, virtually any genre of music, give the FAWM jukebox a whirl and give yourself the gift of a brand new favorite artist.
Each article will have a link to their FAWM profile, which has links to their websites where you can dig into past FAWMs and other music they’ve written.
Next up: the February Album Writing Month Unknown Singer Songwriter Series, or FAWM USSS (and you know how I’m pronouncing that, right?)