While the song remains one of Nebraska ’s catchiest, “Atlantic City” is, at its heart, Springsteen's reflection on the fading ...

Great lyrics are great lyrics, it doesn’t matter what genre of music you put them in. As long as they are true, poetically sound, and rhythmically catchy, great lyrics are going to shine no matter ...

When Paul Simon first came to Britain in the mid-1960s, he was still in the early stages of his music career as a songwriter and was in search of inspiration. That’s when he bumped into Martin Carthy, ...

Emmylou Harris has the kind of voice that can make any song better, but she struggled with the decision of whether or not to record this classic folk song that is now an invariable part of her musical ...

Members have come and gone over the years as Old Crow morphed from punky upstarts to middle-aged country music statesmen. The ...

“Hey Look! The men that hold the keys; don’t give a damn about you and me; And most of us are barely getting by; It seems that workers being exploited and the billionaires anointed; Are as American as ...

Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London Think of ...