Tag Archive for the term: songwriter

Doveman with his ridiculously sexy whisper, and deep throated choir of selves and others, plays with The Swell Season Wednesday, November 4, at the Olympia.
Songs from Doveman:
[MP3] Breathing Out
[MP3] The Best Thing

Doveman is Thomas Bartlett’s project in which he is the primary songwriter and singer. Bartlett is one of the most sought-after collaborators in the [...]

FEMKE Weidema has set out to write and perform One Song a Week for an entire year based on real life stories submitted by fans.
One Song a Week is an ambitious, one-of-a-kind project by acclaimed Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter FEMKE. Inspired by ideas she’s receiving from her fans, FEMKE recently set out to write one song [...]

It’s true, I’m welling up and down now as I listen to this nicely restrainted protest threnody by Jack Savoretti.
“Not since Simon & Garfunkel has a gifted songwriter captured the fragility of the human condition so eloquently.”
- Burn Magazine
Jack Savoretti “Mother” (mp3) from “Harder Than Easy” (De Angelis Records) Buy at Rhapsody Buy [...]

This is the first album from Elizabeth Bruce (a.k.a. me), an Ottawa-based singer-songwriter. It was recorded at Montreal’s Treatment Room on an old, but well-tempered piano way back in the fall of 2006. It also features singing, handclaps, drums, bass, violin, banjo, organ and handclaps. Dark, moody folk-rock with classical flourishes. Suggested for fans of [...]

An online songwriting contest that focuses on giving individualized feedback, and comes with prize packs aimed to equip the winners with software, contacts, cash and such for a successful career making music a la indie…

The Indie International Songwriting Contest is a semiannual song competition to give recognition to some of the best emerging songwriters [...]

Strictly Acoustic ran it’s 9th edition last night and I trundled out, not just to see and support James Finnerty…

…and OK Giraffe…

…but also to take in the show’s logic and concept, to meet the organizer and see if I could pass along some perspective here for musicians looking to get involved.
The night runs on [...]

Been craft fair-ing all day? Want my advice? It’s cold out there! Cozy into Dave Cool’s venue tonight if you want bodyheat and great singer songwriters as it’s launching up with much gladness and neighborhood vibes and some true happiness for Cool, plus some good media! See: Gazette, Natasha Hall.
Tonight’s performers Paul Cargnello [...]

Hello everyone,
Below is some information about a Songwriters Association of Canada event taking place in Montreal next week. Even if you don’t need/want to have your music reviewed, it will still be an excellent networking event to meet other artists and industry folks!
Cheers,
Dave Cool
Stand Alone Records
www.standalonerecords.com

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Date with a Demo comes to Montreal!
November 28th – 7pm-9:30pm
DATE [...]

We love contests out here at Indyish and here’s a good one. While the scheming for the next Monthly Mess is getting finalized, we’ve started recruiting some more performers for the December one. Here’s the part where you take your agendas out and write this down:
-November Monthly Mess, November 24th at the Maxwell Haus
-December [...]

Last Wednesday I went down to the new weekly singer/songwriter night at the downtown Ye Old Orchard Pub (1189 De La Montagne) for the first time. I had a great time with host Ben Griffin whose music I have always loved, and I felt a glow from the warm and serious supportive vibe he [...]