War, like love, has long inspired artists and musicians. That is especially true of the songs written in response to the ...

Based on a poem sent to Joan Baez by Nina Duschek, “Saigon Bride” is emblematic of ’60s folk music and tells the story of a ...

Country band Sawyer Brown, originally called Savanna when five members of Don King's road band formed it in 1981, won the 1984 Star Search TV show and had three No. 1 hits.

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Van Halen fired Hagar in 1996, after which the singer returned to making music under his own name and focused on his bars — ...

One of the greatest musicians in history is slated to release her first album in 14 years containing true stories from her ...

I’ve caught up with myself, really." Bowie's output in the '70s may have been the most creative and ultimately influential, ...

Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P., heavy metal front man best known for mock-torturing women onstage, has some thoughts about ...

The most famous John Prine and Steve Goodman story is when the two wrote the hit country song “You Never Even Called Me By My Name”. Goodman released the single under his name, but it became a bona ...

Gary Numan spent much of the 80s & 90s languishing in the doldrums, which isn't to say he didn't make great music, as this reissue proves ...

Ninian Dunnett wrote Restless Natives 40 years ago, but a new musical version shows how relevant the story remains today, ...

Musicians Janis Ian in 1981, from left, Bob Dylan in 1963, and Leonard Cohen in 2009. (Photos by Eddie Mallin/CC BY SA 2.0; ...