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US
/ˈsɔŋˌɹaɪtɝ/
]
[ UK /sˈɒŋɹaɪtɐ/ ]
[ UK /sˈɒŋɹaɪtɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a composer of words or music for popular songs
How To Use songwriter In A Sentence
- Though never quite managing to hit commercial paydirt, Glasgow-born singer/songwriter John Martyn has carved out an acclaimed career by purveying an idiosyncratic mix of rock, folk and jazz.
- He is the only person to be inducted to the respective halls of fame for rock musicians, country artists, and songwriters.
- Everybody always talks about her amazing voice, but she's a great songwriter too. Times, Sunday Times
- There is songwriter, lead vocalist, and flutist, Johnny Burkemeister, and his brother Arlo Burkemeister who plays a Gibson EDS-1275 double neck guitar. Albatross Antics
- In the Fifties, at least one movie a week was a musical about a turn-of-the-century songwriter or singer.
- Some fabulously original singer-songwriters rose to sudden popular prominence… and were arrested, jailed, and sent into exile with shaven heads.
- Gaetano Veloso is an excellent songwriter and poet.
- Steeped in tradition, Kilgarvan is world-renowned for its rich folklore and its many scribes, songwriters and storytellers.
- Wendy Melvoin, the guitarist and singer-songwriter, is best known for her work in the 80s with Prince's band, the Revolution, and for being one half of Wendy & Lisa, a collaboration with her former girlfriend, Lisa Coleman. Lisa Cholodenko: 'I wanted to make a film that was not sanctimonious or sentimental'
- The other was that the focus not be on just Stan and his music, but on a wide variety of songwriters and their music.