The Lifelike Quartet

The Lifelike Quartet: Pretending You're Here With Me

by Dan Bilawsky
March 26, 2013

Tin Pan Alley and the heyday of classy songwriting vanished into the mist of history long ago, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any writing teams today that possess the wit and wisdom to put together smart-and-catchy tunes. Many of these people are still out there, plugging away as they craft clever creation after clever creation, but they're marginalized by, and within, a business that prefers cheap confections to substance. Lyricist Cliff Goldmacher and songwriter Joel Evans, two successful ...