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Performing Songwriter Enterprises and its various media initiatives focus on celebrating music, shining a spotlight on songwriters, reinforcing the importance of music and arts education and affirming the value of music and its creators in all of our lives. Find Music news, interviews, reviews and stories from Performing Songwriter magazine archives and founder Lydia Hutchinson.
Performing Songwriter
1y ago
Bob Dylan stepped on stage July 25, 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival with an electric band in tow, which many folk purists in the crowd considered a heresy.
The post Dylan Plugs In: July 25, 1965 first appeared on Performing Songwriter Ent., LLC ..read more
Performing Songwriter
4y ago
Legendary songwriter John Prine tells the stories behind such classics as "Sam Stone," Hello In There," "Paradise," "Dear Abby," and more ..read more
Performing Songwriter
4y ago
On April 9, 1939, celebrated African-American contralto Marian Anderson performed for 75,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after being denied use of a D.C. Hall over segregation rules ..read more
Performing Songwriter
4y ago
Buckley's legacy is one of a beautiful free spirit who left his promise unfulfilled. As Bono from U2 said, “Jeff Buckley was a pure drop in an ocean of noise ..read more
Performing Songwriter
4y ago
As the definitive snapshot of ‘60s pop culture, artist Peter Blake’s Sgt. Pepper cover was unlike anything the world had ever seen—and almost half a century later it's still iconic Beatles ..read more
Performing Songwriter
4y ago
Mardi Gras and music go together like red beans and rice and coffee and beignets. Here's the story behind two songs that are Fat Tuesday favorites: "Iko Iko" and "Mardi Gras Mambo ..read more
Performing Songwriter
4y ago
Legendary songwriter John Prine tells the stories behind such classics as "Sam Stone," Hello In There," "Paradise," "Dear Abby," and more ..read more
Performing Songwriter
5y ago
On April 9, 1939, celebrated African-American contralto Marian Anderson performed for 75,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after being denied use of a D.C. Hall over segregation rules ..read more