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3 Classic Rock Songs Everyone Knows, but Almost Nobody Remembers the Bands That Sang Them
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (417+ words) There are so many classic rock songs out there that everyone remembers, but nobody seemingly remembers the bands that recorded them. It's a strange phenomenon, one that's common among one-hit wonders and unassuming groups alike. Let's jog your memory and…...
3 Country Lyrics That Understand Your Heartbreak Better Than You Do
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (352+ words) Songs do many things for us, but one function we could all benefit from is their ability to teach us hard-won lessons. Songwriters can take the facts of life and distill them for us, making them easier to take in....
4 Songs From the 1960s With Lyrics That Make No Sense, but Still Sound Perfect
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (144+ words) Sometimes, it's not what you say that makes a song sound so good, it's how you say it, and that's certainly true of these four songs from the 1960s. Do the lyrics make sense? No, not really. Does that change how…...
4 Bands That Hit the Charts With Southern Rock in the 80s
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (132+ words) Jim Beviglia has been writing about music for two decades, with much of that time spent as a featured writer for both the print and online editions of American Songwriter. During that time, he's interviewed hundreds of artists for AS,…...
Miranda Lambert Continues Her Country Disco Era With New Song "Till the Going's Gone"
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (313+ words) After spending over two decades in country music, Lambert sought to make a change. That change first came when she switched labels, singing with MCA. Ready to start a new chapter in her career, the singer released "Crisco," which fused…...
3 Punk Albums From the 1970s That Changed Rock Forever
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (224+ words) Em Casalena is a music journalist based in Arizona and has been working in the industry for over a decade. Em has formerly written for Arena Music and Phoenix New Times. Em's favorite musicians include Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush, Willie…...
4 Songs From 1966 That Every Baby Boomer Knows by Heart
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (252+ words) Em Casalena is a music journalist based in Arizona and has been working in the industry for over a decade. Em has formerly written for Arena Music and Phoenix New Times. Em's favorite musicians include Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush, Willie…...
Born 35 Years Ago Today in Kentucky, the Grammy-Winning Wanderer Who Gave Voice to the Appalachian Working Class
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (403+ words) On this day (June 21) in 1991, Timothy Tyler Childers was born in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Coal and country music reigned supreme in the region near the West Virginia border, with artists like Dwight Yoakum, Loretta Lynn, and Chris Stapleton all hailing…...
Born in Arkansas 119 Years Ago Today, the School Principal Turned Country-Folk Songwriter Who Penned This Humorous Historical Hit
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (369+ words) Born James Corbett Morris, Jimmy Driftwood's lifelong nickname resulted from a prank that his grandfather played on his grandmother shortly after the boy's birth. When the two arrived to visit their newborn grandson, Driftwood's grandfather arrived first and wrapped a…...
90s Rock Band Releasing First New Music in Eight Years With Brand-New Lineup
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (296+ words) On September 8, Sleep will kick off a massive North American tour in San Diego, crossing the United States and Canada before wrapping things up on November 17 in Washington, D. C. The band celebrated the tour announcement with the release of a new…...