To beat my own writer's block, I decided to try to write a song like Bruce Springsteen. Here's what I learned.

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The new album arrives as Lauderdale prepares to return to the road, joining Emmylou Harris as a special guest on her UK and ...

Written in only 10 minutes, Queen’s Crazy Little Thing Called Love was inspired by Elvis Presley and became one of the band’s ...

Probably just about every songwriter out there has dreamed of penning a hit song in mere minutes, but that kind of musical ...

But the internet brings me the most joy when I’m surprised — at the posts of others, at being able to see snippets of someone ...

She once was afraid to say she wanted to sing. In June, Carter Faith will return to Charlotte as a rising country star - for a stadium show.

In the spring of 1982, six friends got together in an East Village apartment to start a country-punk band. They had a guitar, ...

Chip Taylor, a singer-songwriter whose big hits as a tunesmith were 'Wild Thing' by the Troggs and 'Angel of the Morning' by ...

After decades of battling “homegrown hells,” Steve Schickram has found a way to reckon with his demons through a new career ...

Rise,” out Friday, March 27 — it’s already a big year for Melissa Etheridge. But it got bigger in early February, when the ...