Acoustic odysseys: Five underrated British folk masterpieces

Exploring five key examples of underrated and overlooked British folk music masterpieces, spanning from political protest ...

“She’d make you forget who you were”: the singer Bob Dylan said was too much to handle

Bob Dylan and Joan Baez had a complicated relationship, but through the ups and downs, Dylan was always a big fan of her ...

The biggest rock songs from the 1960s, according to Billboard

Stacker looked at the #1 rock songs of the 1960s using data from the Billboard Hot 100 and MusicBrainz, an open music ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1948, the Nashville Folk Legend Who Influenced Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Earle, and Other Superstars

David Olney was born on this day in 1948, and his work with The X-Rays and as a soloist has inspired covers from big names in ...

Bertha: Grateful Drag brings tribute music and drag to Northampton as part of Back Porch Festival

This year’s Back Porch Festival runs Friday through Sunday and features over 60 artists in 12 venues in downtown Northampton.

The women tastemakers leading Nashville's R&B, hip-hop renaissance

Nashville is known as "Music City" for its diverse heritage. Meet some of the women at the forefront of Nashville’s hip-hop ...

Americana, electronica, mash-ups, and much more: Live music this week

Country meets jazz meets EDM this week in a glorious series of mash-ups, as well as a heaping serving of more standard ...
American Songwriter

Watch Bob Dylan Cover Eddie Cochran’s Posthumous Hit for the First Time in His Career

During his first show of 2026, Bob Dylan surprised the audience with his first live cover of Eddie Cochran's "Nervous ...
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Don McLean Announces Australian American Pie 55th Anniversary Tour

Don McLean returns to Australia this October, marking 55 years of American Pie with a national tour celebrating the enduring legacy of one of modern songwriting’s most influential figures. More than ...

Noir City Hollywood Carries a Tune: Eddie Muller and Alan K. Rode on the 2026 Fest’s ‘Face the Music!’ Theme, and How Jazz Lent a Serious Subtext to Classic Crime Films

Noir City Hollywood hosts Eddie Muller and Alan K. Rode preview a festival at the American Cinematheque that will showcase ...

'BTS: The Return' review: The world's biggest boy band, without a clear direction

The documentary is an intimate, surprisingly revelatory look at BTS in transition — and the complicated process of figuring ...

With 'Arirang,' BTS Said Goodbye to an Old Version of Themselves. Did It Work?

One of the most interesting successes of BTS: The Return is the questions it leaves behind about where BTS is now and where ...