American Songwriter

3 Songs From 1963 That Single-Handedly Changed Country Music Forever

Sometimes, a song is so good that it influences and inspires musicians for decades. That's the case for these three country ...

West Side Story 1961: Why Rita Moreno almost quit her Oscar-winning role as Anita

If not for a change to the lyrics to one of the songs she sang in 1961's West Side Story, Rita Moreno would have quit the ...
Chapelboro

Live and Local: Counting Down the Top 50 Local Songs of 2025, Part 1

Part 1 of our annual countdown of the top 50 local songs of 2025, featuring a range of artists from music legends to high ...
Louder

“I told Kurt Cobain that I was going to write a song that had more 'yeahs' in it than anything he’d written.” How a joke between R.E.M. and Nirvana's mercurial frontme…

Stipe had writer’s block on this Automatic For The People standout until a stroll round Seattle opened the floodgates for one ...