Let’s give a few locals love for defying the formula and making summertime songs with some pain, power, nuance, and genius.

Featuring: Stereolab, Pulp, Suede, Saint Etienne, Baxter Dury, Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens), Mei Semones, mary in the junkyard, and more of May's best stuff.

According to a music psychologist, the happiest song of all time is 'Good Vibrations' by The Beach Boys, as it is the one that conforms the most to his formula.

Billy Joel had a higher standard when it came to his own music, but he knew that some pop schlock can have a lovable ...

Drugdealer (Michael Collins) and Weyes Blood (Natalie Mering) continued their longstanding collaborative history with ...

The Colombian singer and rapper Karol G cheerfully fends off some unwanted male attention by praising Latin women instead: “Those curves don’t even exist in NASCAR.” The inventive pop-reggaeton ...

With the Welsh rockers' latest album, God Shaped Hole, topping the charts, we check in with riff-master Shiner to talk song ...

The jazzy night opened with a fittingly casual introduction to the jazz program, with program coordinator Michael Dessen ...

These iconic guitarists mastered their instruments without focusing on lightning-fast riffs and complicated technical tricks.

The next day [after recording]," Felder tells American Songwriter, I got a phone call from Glenn [Frey] asking me to join the ...

In this video, we break down the first steps to training your ear using chord progressions, giving you the tools to play your favorite songs without sheet music or tabs. Simple, clear, and ...