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Burt Bacharach - Burt Bacharach & Hal David To Receive Gershwin Prize

5522 days ago
ContactMusic — Legendary songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David are to be honoured with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during an all-star tribute concert in Washington D C next spring 12 The award is the fourth Library of Congress officials have handed out a... more info

Burt Bacharach and Hal David to receive Gershwin Prize

5523 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The veteran songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David has been chosen to receive the Library of Congress' fourth Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which will be presented at an all-star tribute ceremony in the spring in Washington. The creators... more info

Hal David To Be Honoured With Walk Of Fame Star

5523 days ago
ContactMusic — Celebrated songwriter Hal David is to be honoured with the 2451st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next month Oct11 The unveiling will be a belated 90th birthday gift for the beloved lyricist and longtime musical partner of Burt Bacharach David hit... more info

Secret diary of a band: How we write songs

5526 days ago
Guardian Music — When it comes to songwriting, say it simply and don't worry about how it might sound on a car advert. Oh, and beware of predictive text …In the comments section of a previous blog a reader suggested I write more about the creative elements of being... more info

Gene McDaniels

5568 days ago
Guardian Music — Versatile singer and songwriter famed for Feel Like Makin' LoveGene McDaniels, the American singer and songwriter, who has died aged 76, began and ended his career as the smoothest of vocal stylists. His hits of the early 1960s, such as A Hundred Pou... more info

New band of the day – No 1,082: Zooey

5572 days ago
Guardian Music — This French duo take the breezy harmonies of Burt Bacharach and Brian Wilson to create blissful Balearica-tinged popHometown: South London.The lineup: Matthieu Beck and Marie Merlet.The background: It just so happened that last week we were in Connec... more info

Readers recommend: songs about eavesdropping – results

5600 days ago
Guardian Music — From Pulp's peeping Tom to Gil Scott-Heron's Watergate rap, here are the songs you've been phone-tapping your feet toEavesdropping: the act of secretly listening in to others' conversations, whether accidentally or deliberately.Dr Feelgood, on their ... more info

Bill Wells: 'I've more in common with indie'

5614 days ago
Guardian Music — Snubbed by Scotland's jazz scene, guitar virtuoso Bill Wells has teamed up with ex-Arab Strap man Aidan Moffat for a panoramic meditation on life and death'I like to think I can do things over a very wide musical range," Bill Wells says. "Even if you... more info

Rumer has it that village arts centre will host top singer's gig

5622 days ago
Scotsman.com — SHE plays some of the most prestigious music venues in the world and her voice has mesmerised A-list celebrities such as Elton John and Burt Bacharach. more info

Portrait of the artist: Alice Cooper, musician

5624 days ago
Guardian Music — 'I worked with Salvador Dalí for four days. He did a sculpture of my brain with a chocolate eclair running down the back'What got you started?I was at that perfect age: I was 15 when the Beatles came out in the US; then the Rolling Stones, the Kinks... more info

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