American Songwriter

These 3 Rock Songs From 1988 Have Unbelievably Sad Lyrics, but We Keep Listening to Them Anyway

These are three rock songs with the saddest lyrics that were ever released, which all happened to come out in 1988.

Brooke Hogan teases emotional song inspired by dad Hulk Hogan's death after skipping his funeral

Brooke opened up about being estranged from Hulk, who never met her twin children before his death, in an interview announcing the new song "Wanna Go Back." ...

Alysa Liu: ‘If I Didn’t Hit Rock Bottom, I Could Not Have Gone Up’

Gold medal figure skater Alysia Liu talks about her intense early training, quitting the sport for two years, and what she learned along the way.
National Hockey League

Color of Hockey: Capitals' jersey, song remix to mark Black History Month

William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, he profiles the Washington Capitals Black ...
Louder

"I was angry at them for writing that song. I thought, You don’t know. You weren’t there." The tragic and horrifying true story behind one of the biggest rock anthems …

In 2017, Jeremy Wade Delle's mother Wanda Crane spoke about the song and her son's death for the first time. "That day that ...
American Songwriter

If You Don’t Know These 5 Country Songs, Can You Really Call Yourself a Country Music Fan?

Country music has fans worldwide, yet it remains a niche interest. For every country fan, there are more haters. Those of us who adore country must stick together and celebrate the genre we love. If ...

Radiohead Tells Trump’s Homeland Security to ‘Go F— Yourselves’ After Song Used in ICE Video

Radiohead has told DHS and ICE to 'go f--- yourselves' after their song 'Let Down' was used in a video blaming immigrants for violence..

Did The Monkees Turn Down the Song That Became the No. 1 Hit of 1969?

The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1969 and remained at No. 1 for 4 weeks. It also ranked No. 1 on ...

Radiohead Tells Homeland Security to ‘Go F—k Yourselves’ After Song Used in ICE Video

The band joins a growing list of musicians who've denounced the Trump administration for using their music without permission.

Ashley McBryde Talks Bringing Her Past Into the Present With New Single ‘What If We Don’t’

Billboard's Makin' Tracks column looks at the writing and recording behind Ashley McBryde's "What If We Don't." ...
AOL

Malcolm Gladwell tells young people if they want a STEM degree, ‘don’t go to Harvard.’ You may end up at the bottom of your class and drop out

If you have sky-scraping dreams of attending an Ivy League university, maybe reconsider, according to author Malcolm Gladwell. “If you want to get a science and math degree, don’t go to Harvard,” ...