How do aspiring songwriters break into the music business without breaking their spirit? To start, you get by with a little help from your friends. On the first Sunday of the month at Mojo's Cafe in ...

I saw the word ‘vasectomy’ and was like, ‘This is going to be insane,’” remembers 33-year-old songwriter Chloe Angelides, co-writer of multiple songs on Lily Allen’s excoriating divorce album West End ...

Having used songwriting to navigate her own trauma, Mary Gauthier is putting those skills to work helping others do the same. The Nashville-based musician has collaborated with war veterans to write ...

For music fans and the general public, the creation of Allen’s West End Girl has been a source of both mystery and envy. There’s a tabloidy undercurrent to it all, of course: it’s a messy album about ...