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“5 Minutes With” Interviews

Included in every issue of Performing Songwriter were shorter interviews that got right to the heart of the matter. We called these “5 Minutes With,” and below are a few.

Al Green

Avril Lavigne

Ben Folds

Black Eyed Peas

Bryan Adams

Chris Cornell

Chris Hillman

Chrissie Hynde

Chuck D.

Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz

Dallas Austin

Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard

Deborah Harry

Depeche Mode

Dolly Parton

Donald Fagan

Drive By Truckers

Duncan Sheik

Earth, Wind & Fire

Eric Anderson

Evanescence’s Amy Lee

Fountains of Wayne

Golden Smog

Guster

Heart

India.Arie

Indigo Girls

Jars of Clay

Jimmy Eat World

John Legend

John Mellencamp

Jonatha Brooke

Keane

Kid Rock

KT Tunstall

Lesley Gore

Liz Phair

Lucinda Williams

Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs

Melissa Auf Der Maur

Mick Fleetwood

My Morning Jacket

Nanci Griffith

Neil Finn of Crowded House

Nelly Furtado

Neville Brothers

Nick Lowe

Patty Griffin

Pete Townshend

Rick Springfield

Rickie Lee Jones

Rufus Wainwright

Shawn Colvin

Susan Tedeschi

Tom Paxton

Trey Anastasio

Tears for Fears

The Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan

The Hives

The Killers

The New Pornographers

The White Stripes

Weezer

Willie Nelson

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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.

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