Even though Jeff Lynne prioritised the melody above everything else, he felt song topics hit a lot harder with the right idea ...

In today's workforce, where AI and automation are handling routine tasks, the human element of ‘love’, as quoted by Steve Jobs, for the craft has become a competitive advantage.

Just Can't Get Enough was the track that helped propel Depeche Mode to superstardom, and a great springboard for its departing writer, Vince Clarke, to score massive hits with a variety of new musical ...

Whether it is due to Jim Morrison’s polarizing poetry, the perceived self-indulgence of a twenty-minute synth solo, or the ...

The songwriter behind "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and "How Do I Live" has been nominated 17 times, but she's never won. So far.

Roger Clyne shares the story behind the Peacemakers' new album, "Hell to Breakfast," as the Refreshments' "Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy" turns 30.

Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, the Jesus and Mary Chain, and over two dozen other artists are part of a new tribute album ...

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready has seen it all both onstage and in his experiences traveling the globe with Pearl Jam for the past 35-plus-years, but he’s about to tell a new story in an entirely ...

When Bowie went for a hang with Queen, a song for the ages was born. But assembling it was fraught with no short supply of pressure ...

Andreas Carlsson discusses his time as one the most successful writers in the world, why he regrets selling his catalog, and ...

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In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.