• Music
  • Film
  • Travel
  • Art
  • News
  • Shop
  • Mailing List
  • Music
  • Film
  • Travel
  • Art
  • News
  • Shop
  • Mailing List
  • Sign up to Far Out’s exclusive mailing list

songwriting

Noel Gallagher - Oasis - Songwriter - Musician - Guitarist - 2024 - Sifters

The songs that helped Noel Gallagher overcome addiction: “Trying to get to a different level”

If you haven’t heard Be Here Now, imagine playing one of those terrible John Lennon solo albums at half speed while pressing your ear up against an active washing machine. Yet somehow much, much worse than that.

Will Howard
Feb 16, 2025
Glenn Frey - The Eagles - Guitarist - Singer

The Eagles song Glenn Frey wrote out of pure spite: “Let’s get even”

No holds barred.

Will Howard
Feb 16, 2025
How a 15-tonne banana tragedy spawned one of the greatest folk songs ever - 2023 - Harry Chapin

Harry Chapin’s ‘Tangled Up Puppet’: the ballad for a lost daughter

Going after parents’ heartstrings…

Will Howard
Feb 10, 2025
Green Day - 2024 - Alice Baxley

‘She’: The song Billie Joe Armstrong never gets tired of singing

A political awakening…

Will Howard
Feb 10, 2025
Kasey Musgraves - Musician - 2024

‘The Architect’ by Kacey Musgraves: how to write a song about God

Staggering beauty…

Will Howard
Feb 8, 2025
Tom Petty - Musician - Guitarist - Songwriter - Singer

Was the girl in the Tom Petty song ‘Free Fallin’ real?

The cast of female characters depicted in Tom Petty songs have it a lot easier than many casts featured in the classic rock canon. Unlike…

Will Howard
Jan 27, 2025
Paul Simon - March 2024 - Stephen Colbert

How does Paul Simon write his classic songs?

A master at work.

Will Howard
Jan 16, 2025
Joni Mitchell - Leonard Cohen - Split

‘The Stories of the Street’: Joni Mitchell’s favourite Leonard Cohen song

Mitchell and Cohen were a potent pair.

Tyler Golsen
Jan 6, 2025
Eminem - Boy George - Split

The 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees revealed: Eminem, Boy George and more

Six will be inducted.

Reuben Cross
Nov 13, 2024
The Big Moon - Band - 2020

“Soft boy scam”: The lyric that The Big Moon wish they had written

The soft boy scam.

Elle Palmer
Nov 7, 2024
Bob Dylan - 1970s

“There’s just something about my lyrics”: the track that convinced Bob Dylan he was a unique songwriter

“They’re not as good as my lyrics.”

Elle Palmer
Oct 23, 2024
Money - Music - Musicians - Audience - Crowd - Touring - Artist - Music - Musician - General

What is the most commonly used song title in history?

A look back in time.

Elle Palmer
Oct 3, 2024

Posts navigation

« Prev12345…9Next »
Close
  • Jobs / Careers
  • Privacy Policy
  • Editorial Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Submissions
  • Privacy Settings
  • © 2026 Far Out Magazine