The musicians of GoldenOak turns floods, forest loss and climate anxiety into folk songs rooted in Maine and shaped by ...

Yazmin Lacey’s second album, Teal Dreams, builds on her well-received multi-genre debut, “Voice Notes” (2023). Featuring a ...

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.

If you’ve ever written a set of lyrics or a poem, you’ve probably imagined how it might sound as a song. But turning words ...

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 ...

DNIPRO, Ukraine - The cherished, century-old Ukrainian song that Americans know as “Carol of the Bells” was written for ...

Plus, the James Cameron request that surprised her, and how she honored Janis Joplin in one section of the original song.

Former Premier Brad Wall, songwriter Dan Cugnet and singer Terri-Strunk put their heads together to come up with a song ...

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 ...

You’d be forgiven if you can’t hum the 18th-century Cumbrian folk song “Do Ye Ken John Peel.” But in 1942, a version of that ...

The greatest Christmas song of all time has been bringing festive cheer for more than 30 years – but we bet you don’t know ...