Photo by Tom Copi/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Soon after releasing their 1970 album, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkel were fi... read more
How they came up with their signature sound, and the stories behind hits like "Hold On Loosely" and "Caught Up In You"
Lyrics don't always follow the rules of grammar. Can you spot the ones that don't?
How our favorite songs taught us about Champagne Problems, Dirty Work, Freak Flags, Soft Options and other useful phrases
Chris Hill, who co-wrote nine songs on Raye's new album, tells us how they came together.
The name "Schoolhouse Rock," which was a series of educational cartoons, was a play on "Jailhouse Rock," the title of an Elvis Presley song.
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Kacey Musgraves earned favor with her hard-knock debut single "Merry Go 'Round" in 2012, then followed her arrow with a series of confessional songs like "Deeper Well" and "Justified" the helped her come to terms with her 2020 divorce.
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Rufus Wainwright on "Hallelujah," his album Unfollow The Rules, and getting into his "lyric trance" on 12-hour walks.
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This song starts in Boston with a tea party and takes us to the other end of the American Revolution.
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In this quiz, spot the artist who put Romeo into a song lyric.
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Country songs with titles so bizarre they can't possibly be real... or can they?
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This song to me is so mysteriously beautiful. The way I interpret this in my mind is love for someone who's gone a bit off the rails, a bit unhinged, come undone, and that someone needs love from a dedicated lover, to guide them through their pain. "who do you need, who do you love, when you come undone?" ...