Songwriter News and Announcements:

Gavin DeGraw doesn't wanna be another singer-songwriter (AP via Yahoo! News)
The term "singer-songwriter" makes Gavin DeGraw cringe.
Gavin DeGraw doesn’t wanna be another singer-songwriter (The Athens News Courier)
NEW YORK (AP) — The term “singer-songwriter� makes Gavin DeGraw cringe. “It makes you feel like a weakling the way all the singer songwriters are marketed, you know what I mean? ... It’s not masculine enough for me.

 Guitar Player News:

Johansson ready to take "private" songs public - Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Scarlett Johansson describes the recording of her Tom Waits covers album, "Anywhere I Lay My Head," as an "intimate experience -- almost private, in a way." Of course, when you're a Hollywood actress, Louis Vuitton model and ...
Latin rocker Juanes projects political voice in U.S. - Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Eight years ago, Colombian rocker Juanes was an immigrant seeking opportunities in Los Angeles before he found a music producer who gave him his big break. Today, Juanes is probably the most universal of Latin America's stars ...