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A Conversation With Karla Bonoff

A Conversation With Karla Bonoff

Songwriter Catie Curtis interviewed Karla Bonoff for Performing Songwriter in 2000. They sat at Karla’s kitchen table in her Santa Barbara cottage and talked about songs.

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Yoko and me. A love story.

Yoko and me. A love story.

An essay by Grammy award-winning “From a Distance” songwriter Julie Gold about the moment she and Yoko Ono shared on what would have been John Lennon’s 64th birthday in 2004.

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The Americana Roots of Chris Hillman

The Americana Roots of Chris Hillman

Before there was Wilco or Lucinda Williams, before Jackson Browne or the Eagles, before Willie and Waylon grew their hair long and called themselves outlaws, Chris Hillman was forging the path they would all follow.

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Amy Grant: A Season of Songs

Amy Grant: A Season of Songs

Twenty years after Lead Me On made her a superstar in the world of Contemporary Christian music, Amy Grant has revisited that period with an anniversary tour—and found her greatest songs lay ahead.

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A Visit With Mary Travers

A Visit With Mary Travers

From the moment Peter Yarrow, Noel (Paul) Stookey & Mary Travers started singing together in the heady days of the Greenwich Village folk boom, they’ve forged their three separate identities into a unified force made stronger by their diversity.

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Rickie Lee Jones’ Feast of Dreams

Rickie Lee Jones’ Feast of Dreams

In September, 1995, Jonatha Brooke interviewed Rickie Lee Jones for the cover of Performing Songwriter. It was the first time we’d had an artist interview an artist, and it turned out to be one of our most compelling articles.

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The Singular Voice of k.d. lang

The Singular Voice of k.d. lang

Pushing boundaries has always been at the center of k.d. lang’s existence as an artist. Whether subverting the conventions of country music or fusing disparate musical genres, she is one of the most intriguing artists in pop music.

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Stars Behind Bars: Chuck Berry

Stars Behind Bars: Chuck Berry

If you read the biography on Chuck Berry’s official website, you will find no mention of the word prison. This bit of revisionist history glosses over the fact that the rock pioneer has been incarcerated three different times.

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