Legal Protection on Economic Rights of Pirated Work of Songs in Intellectual Properties by Oksidelfa Yanto, Qingqing Cindy Chen, Nani Widya Sari

“…This research aims at finding out the legal protection of copyright according to positive laws of Indonesia, and the types of legal sanctions rendered if there is an infringement on the economic rights of a songwriter. This research applies the juridical normative method to literature studies. …”
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The spectacle of feminism and machismo in two Peruvian cumbia singers: Marisol and Tony Rosado by Edgar Gutiérrez-Gómez, Sonia Beatriz Munaris-Parco

“…It is concluded that the exposure of the struggle for gender equality is entertainment news where machismo and feminism are underhandedly justified with the parameter established with these public figures, that is, Peruvian cumbia singer–songwriters, and that offers evidence of the tolerance to the feminine voice that incites machismo, justifies the mistreatment of men and makes the male complaint a synonym of cowardice.…”
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Two Artists, Two Portraits: Cohen/Joyce – A Study in Affinity by Nigel Hunter

“…Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) was a poet and novelist before becoming world-famous as part of the 1960s and ‘70s counterculture. …”
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T.C. Cannon’s Guitar by Philip J. Deloria

“…Cannon&#8217;s Guitar</i> contemplates my own history with similar guitars, songs from the folk-songwriter tradition, and questions of multi-media crossings&#8212;art, music, text, object&#8212;that demonstrate revealing stylistic affinities. …”
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Why has Sweden risen in the IFPI league tables but been surpassed by South Korea? A comparative case study by Björn Boman

“…Sweden has risen in the global music market charts since the early 2000s and has a substantial pool of music companies, songwriters, and artists. Nevertheless, over the last decade it has lost ground relative to South Korea in particular. …”
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Beyond Literature: Toni Morrison’s Musical and Visual Legacy For Black Women Artists by Rocío Cobo-Piñero

“…Keeping in mind Morrison’s multidimensional engagement with literature and the other arts, the first half of the article delves into the contemporary musical responses to the writer, placing special emphasis on black women musicians such as rapper Akua Naru, neo-soul vocalist India Arie, and singer and songwriter Janelle Monáe. Morrison’s intersectional representations of gender and race relations across the history of the U.S. have similarly inspired visual artists. …”
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BEHIND THE COVERS OF AUSTRALIAN ROLLING STONE: NEGOTIATING THE PERSONA OF A FEMALE MUSIC MAGAZINE EDITOR by Rebecca Johinke

“…Singers, songwriters and musicians create personas and perform the (gendered) role of rock star, punk, heart-throb, crooner, diva, or rock chick. …”
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The Role of Speech Stereotypes in the Organization of French Protest Song Discourse (Chanson Engagée) by E. G. Zheludkova

“…The persuasive function is in the absence of an obvious appeal: songwriters resort to using clichés that are firmly rooted in the world culture.…”
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“Blessed Is the One Whose Bowels Can Move: An Essay in Praise of Lament” in Contemporary Worship by Casey T. Sigmon

“…</i> The article closes by amplifying emerging Christian songwriters reintroducing lament to contemporary worship.…”
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Die FAK-fenomeen: populêre Afrikaanse musiek en volksliedjies by Martjie Bosman

“…Since the end of the 1990s, Afrikaans popular songwriters and singers showed a renewed interest in so-called FAK songs and a number of musical arrangements and re-writings of folk song lyrics have been recorded. …”
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Activism and Environmentalism in British Rock Music: the Case of Radiohead. by Guillaume Clément

“…In the course of their thirty-year career, as their music became more complex, Radiohead evolved into a politicized band as well, as singer and songwriter Thom Yorke found inspiration in the socio-political context of the time. …”
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MISOXENIA E PSEUDOAUTARCHIA (LINGUISTICHE) NELLE CANZONETTE ITALIANE DI EPOCA FASCISTA: IL CASO DI RODOLFO DE ANGELIS by Edoardo Buroni

“…Rodolfo De Angelis was a singer-songwriter belonging to the Italian Futurism. Many of his songs show his connections with the Fascist ideology: the author mocked foreign nations, mistreating in particular Great Britain, France and Soviet Union and their leaders; but, on the other hand, it's undeniable that De Angelis didn't approve the autarchic politics fostered by Benito Mussolini. …”
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They’ve Translated My Song, Ma: Shifts in Song Translation by Stefanie Barschdorf

“…In 1970 American singer-songwriter and First Lady of Woodstock Melanie Safka released her third album Candles in the Rain, which included a song lamenting the music industry: What Have They Done to My Song, Ma. …”
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Figurative Language in Bullet For My Valentine Album “Scream Aim Fire” by Ni Luh Cintya Sandi Astini, A. A. Sg. Shanti Sari Dewi, Ni Wayan Sukarini

“…The study indeed focuses on personification and hyperbole only because both are the most common expressions/figurative languages used by the songwriters to personate particular objects or stress and exaggerate their words on the song they write to make it more beautiful, dramatic, and meaningful. 14 out of 15 songs of the Scream Aim Fire album used both personification and hyperbole in their lyrics. 12 of them used both personification and hyperbole, one of them used only personification, one of them used only hyperbole, and the last one used neither of them. …”
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Garganta de piedra: el canto artificial de Alberto Kurapel y la recepción de chilenos exiliados en Montreal durante los setenta by Laura Jordán González

“…The fact is that, aside from his significant contributions to drama, he worked actively as a singer-songwriter in Montreal, where he lived as an exile; becoming probably one of the most prolific exilic singers, as far as discography is concerned. …”
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He Stoops to Conquer: Fielding and English Song by Charles Trainor

“… Given Fielding’s noteworthy achievement as a songwriter, two puzzling issues arise. First, why are his lyrics so superior to his poetry, and second, why did he become immersed in popular song when he had limited respect for the form? …”
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Problematics Intellectual Property Rights of Music Industrialization Indonesia After The Easy Trying of Creating Work by Muhammad Habibi

“…The government should revise Government Regulation Number 56 of 2021 concerning Song and Music Royalties in Indonesia to ensure legal protection for songwriters in Indonesia from piracy of the works of cover singers through the Youtube application.…”
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“I Said Something Wrong”: Transworld Obligation in Yesterday by Steven Gimbel, Thomas Wilk

“…Danny Boyle's film Yesterday (2019) is a contemporary morality play in which the main character, Jack Malik, a failing singer-songwriter, is magically sent to a different possible world in which the Beatles never existed. …”
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LA CANZONE NELL’INSEGNAMENTO DELL’ITALIANO L2 by Lorenzo Coveri

“…However, it is impossible not to reflect on the nature of Italian in different types of songs (ancien régime songs; songwriter songs; pop songs; (t)rap). Each genre has its own characteristics, yet they all lend themselves to the study of the real varieties of the Italian linguistic repertoire.…”
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Eric Bogle, music and the great war : 'an old man's tears' by Walsh, Michael J. K.

“…It is entirely appropriate that we do so through the words of an artist who Melody Maker described as ‘the most important songwriter of our time’.…”
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