According to Mark Lewisohn’s The Complete Beatles Recordings Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years 1962-1970, ...

That’s the case with albums from Lamar and Clipse, as well as J.I.D’s God Does Like Ugly. (J.I.D has long been a respected lyricist too.) Markman is also impressed with the growth that Tyler, the ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with songwriter Amy Allen, who is shortlisted for the non-classical Songwriter of the Year Grammy Award for a second straight year.

For decades, the music industry has been defined by high barriers to entry. To release a professional record, you generally ...

By Melissa Karen Sances For the Valley Advocate The black-and-white buddy comedy “Tallywacker” opens on Aleister, its star, a ...

Examining a song’s lyrics shorn of the music can highlight the themes that a songwriter returns to over time.

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 ...

Ben Folds is the rare artist to bring a satisfying and original take on Christmas music, as he did on a December tour.

This last column of the year propitiously comes out right around Christmastime, which gives me an opportunity to say happy ...

Glad you asked! On that handy little website named after a South American river, you can find both blank CDs as well as ...

His name might not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world. Today, we take a journey through the life and work of Yip Harburg, the Broadway lyricist who wrote such ...