Lately I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting. In August, I celebrated living 50 years in this world and it’s got me thinking about the next 50 years and what I want them to look like both personally and professionally.

I find I’m writing songs about what comes next, about women, about my place – or o...

Chelsea Dehner: Song A Day Challenge 2026

In January 2020, Sarah started doing this “Song A Day Challenge” and I so badly wanted to be a part of it, but I had never written a song before. I thought that writing a song was for someone that was born with this talent and had been doing it their whole ...

The other day, I had coffee with a music educator who is developing a songwriting curriculum for middle school general music students and we were discussing the importance of doing your own work as a songwriter. At SFME, we encourage everyone who wants to teach songwriting to write songs. That doesn...