Shelly Peiken 5/4/26 Shelly Peiken 5/4/26

30 Greatest Living American Songwriters

How does your list compare with these seasoned critics who were obviously trying to please editors who wanted to include all genres and generations, and keep us talking about it? It obviously worked.

Shelly Peiken 9/19/18 Shelly Peiken 9/19/18

We Did It

If music delivered to us by an invisible digital stream was here to stay (and don’t get me wrong, I love streaming—it’s versatile, convenient and an all-you-can-eat buffet), then laws had to change to bring digital royalty distribution into a digital age. But how?

Shelly Peiken 4/10/18 Shelly Peiken 4/10/18

Reconsidering Nashville

I seem to fit in better now. Maybe Nashville has changed. Or maybe I’VE changed. Or maybe I used to try too hard to fit in. Now I’m comfortable just being myself. Maybe that’s the key to life in general.

Shelly Peiken 9/27/17 Shelly Peiken 9/27/17

Song Splits

It’s hard to weigh a contribution. Who’s to say a hook is worth more than the verse that allows the hook to make sense?

30 Greatest Living American Songwriters

We Did It

Reconsidering Nashville

Song Splits

Confessions.