Amy Allen is part of a crucial shift in modern pop songwriting. What’s driving it? In addition to her work for some of pop’s biggest acts, Allen released a solo debut of her own last month.
As a songwriting student at Boston’s Berklee College of Music in the mid-2010s, Amy Allen had a teacher whose ideas about lyrics included the conviction that words must not be improperly stressed.
"I try not to listen to pop radio, ever," Amy Allen proclaims as she scrolls through Spotify on her phone. The ...
Nov. 8—Maine native Amy Allen was nominated for four Grammy Awards Friday, including songwriter of the year. Allen, who has become one of pop music's most in-demand songwriters over the past few ...
As a songwriting student at Boston’s Berklee College of Music in the mid-2010s, Amy Allen had a teacher whose ideas about lyrics included the conviction that words must not be improperly stressed.