A story about humanity's endless processing of sound and my own never-ending earsFor tens of thousands of years, humanity has ...

Freddie Mercury is one of the greatest rock vocalists who have ever lived, and that’s no joke. There is plenty of “Bohemian Rhapsody” that is somber and, in some cases, even gut-wrenching. However, ...

Michael J Fox spoke candidly about his Parkinson’s diagnosis as he was awarded the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award. (NBC) The Bob ...

It just feels like the right time,” Jordan Pruitt tells PEOPLE as she prepares to release a new version of her 2006 hit ...

The 1960s was a time of explosive creativity in the realm of popular music, that shaped the era we are still living through. There was a pop cultural explosion, driven by the confident and empowered ...

We don't know who wrote these traditional songs that became pop hits, including Harry Belafonte's "Day-O (The Banana Boat ...

There is arguably no better way to start a movie musical than with the instantly recognizable, rich tones of  Broadway icon Bernadette Peters. As she belts a comedic riff on Sondheim over the ...

These folk songs from 1978 should be studied in songwriting classes. They are rife with lessons every artist could take.

So you, mortal, I have made a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. If I say to the wicked, “O wicked ones, you shall surely ...

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Alex Warren had one big hit last year called “Ordinary.” I thought it was rather, er, ordinary but the song ruled the charts for a year. And that’s a problem for Warren. “Ordinary” still in the iTunes ...