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songsmith

noun

ˈsȯŋ-ˌsmith

Definition of songsmith

as in songwriter

a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice among American songsmiths Irving Berlin has assumed legendary status

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Recent Examples of songsmith That maybe this show would suggest that a link between how these masterful songsmiths stand as Exhibit A for how immigration enriches our country. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 3 May 2026 Neil Sedaka, an irrepressible songsmith who parlayed his compositional skills into pop stardom during the height of the Brill Building era in the 1960s and later staged an easy-listening comeback in the 1970s, has died at age 86. — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026 Ethan Hawke stars as Lorenz Hart of legendary songsmiths Rodgers & Hart as the prolific partnership disintegrates to his great dismay. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025 Bacharach became a songsmith inside New York’s vaunted Brill Building, where such teams as Gerry Goffin/Carole King and Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich churned out hits. — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2023 The beloved songsmith is immortalized with Paul Kelly Lane, which runs from Flinders Street to Pirie Street, behind the Adelaide Town Hall. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2022 Street Man, a blues songsmith in his own right, is a fine collaborator for Fields, whose repertoire includes songs made famous by Howlin’ Wolf and Big Mama Thornton among others. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2022 The songsmith unashamedly sticks to his winning formula on album four, which makes perfect sense commercially. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 22 Dec. 2021

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songwriter

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Hemsworth’s work has always spanned genres—just look at his omnivorous DJ sets—but Numbskull positions him as a more traditional songwriter, underscored by the album’s personal, earnest tone.

— Mehan Jayasuriya, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
Berg says his goal as a record maker is to create things that endure — and indeed among his other recent projects are LPs by veteran songwriters Bruce Hornsby and Sarah McLachlan.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

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