"All the songs I wrote that were successful were written when I was in a contented state of mind," said Orbison of his more woeful ballads.

Inspiration never trickles, it surges, and hits artists with a fervent intensity that hinders them from doing anything other than harnessing it and creating something from it. Ideally, this is what ...

Styx wasn't afraid to try out-there concept albums. But they always knew how to bring listeners close with ballads like "Don't Let It End".

With another iconic guitar riff and a high-energy touring band, Johnny Marr confronts greed and emptiness on "Easy Money".

“Jesse” emerged from those efforts. When Janis Ian started writing the song, she imagined it to be about a woman awaiting the return of a Vietnam veteran. She eventually moved on from that idea. The ...

Check out Barbra Streisand’s unlikely new collaboration with Bob Dylan on the standard “The Very Thought of You,” from her new duets album.

Vince Gill's guitarist recalls the country icon's reaction when he told him he had to quit to go play with Joe Walsh.

Fifty-six years ago today, the Beatles were hard at work on their final album while John Lennon recovered from a car wreck.

Stand Up To Cancer nabbed some major star power for its 2025 fundraiser, with Sheryl Crow set to host and Dolly Parton scheduled to appear.

Outlaw country singer-songwriter Cody Jinks is canceling two shows after his production trucks were denied entry into Canada.

Judas Priest’s has released an epic cover of the classic Black Sabbath song “War Pigs” in honor of the latter band’s farewell concert.

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are the only surviving members of The Beatles and their bond is still going strong to this day.