Writing songs can be a tricky business, especially when your own life is the main source of the material. Deco went to Criteria Studios in<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Gary Holt jokes that his lyrics on Exodus' 1983 demo should entitle him to Metallica royalties ...

Country music is full of songs about love, heartbreak, family, dogs and too many late nights at the bar. But sometimes, those themes play out in the artists’ real lives. While the genre often focuses ...

Two composers are dueling in court in a copyright infringement case this week in Portland over 12 bars of 26 notes in two Catholic hymns. A jury of eight got a quick introduction Monday on how to read ...

Melissa Etheridge speaks with "CBS Mornings" about releasing her 17th studio album "Rise" later this month, writing about the loss of her son and grief.

In a conversation with pianist Lara Downes, the New Yorker staff writer says music in America will keep evolving as long as the country keeps an open door to new people and new sounds.

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The writer, actor and singer won an award for her role in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Then everything went silent. As the rising star returns in her very own musical, she hits out at ...

Mackenzie Carpenter talks about her songs on Megan Moroney's 'Cloud 9' album, new song 'Drunk Cigs' and album number two!

Chicago is what I am,” John Hughes once said of his hometown, the centerpiece around the late director and screenwriter’s movies and the base of his trifecta of ’80s films—Sixteen Candles, The ...

The hippies have become a punch line, but by fusing their political convictions to a broader cultural identity they found ...