May 2024

In 1998, hip-hop was in crisis. Biggie and Tupac had been killed in 1996 and 1997, respectively, and the throne sat empty. Meanwhile, the shiny...

From the Jazz Age through to modern rock, great songwriting partnerships, including Lennon–McCartney, Bacharach-David, and Leiber-Stoller, have provided some of popular music’s finest moments. Here...

No one would argue that it was the American audience he discovered – and that discovered him – that helped Elton John conquer the world....

Fountains of Wayne emerged in the mid-’90s as an alternative rock band, comprised of lead vocalist Chris Collingwood, bassist Adam Schlesinger, guitarist Jody Porter, and...

Josh Turner might have only been in his mid-20s when he wrote “Long Black Train,” but the South Carolina-born country singer’s breakout single radiated old-time...