A devastating couplet is every pop star’s secret weapon. Whether it’s Morrissey grumbling about having to go to bed with nothing but a Sylvia Plath anthology for warmth or Kate Bush crooning sweet ...

It's a portrait of the '70s folk-rock star, and of "Cat's in the Cradle," the tune that turned daddy issues into mythology.

“All Too Well”—the 10-minute version, written years before but recorded only for Red (Taylor’s Version) in 2021—is Taylor Swift’s masterpiece, in the first, now obsolescent sense of masterpiece: the ...

Forty years ago, two friends wrote a song in a London flat that would end up being covered by Annie Lennox and win a Grammy Award. Musicians Joe Hughes and David Freeman were in Muswell Hill, north ...

The word mondegreen is defined as a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but is, in fact, incorrect. The term was coined in a November 1954 Harper's Bazaar piece, where the author, ...

“Simple Man” is one of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s most beloved tracks, combining two elements the band is best known for: meaningful storytelling and impressive guitar tracks. The song was first released on ...