Few artists have songs that people are still singing several decades later. Fortunately, Frank Sinatra is different from other artists. With a career that spanned more than 50 years, Sinatra is the ...

Is there anything better than putting songs in order? Well, probably a few thousand things. But, I’ve come to thoroughly enjoy the curation that goes into crafting a list like this. I don’t see song ...

Naturally, an Elvis Presley hit makes it to our list of baby boomer-beloved songs from the year 1960. “It’s Now Or Never” remains Presley’s biggest career hit and also one of the highest-selling ...

In 1968, Glen Campbell telephoned Jimmy Webb and asked for a place-based song to compliment “By the Time I Get to Phoenix.” Webb thought of his time spent driving through the Oklahoma panhandle and ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Popular music may be reflecting a growing culture of vices, according to new research from the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary University of London. The analysis of musical evolution has found ...

Remember the first time a 90s rap track hit you so hard you had to rewind it? That feeling never gets old. From the raw boom bap of New York to the smooth G-funk rolling out of Compton, the 90s gave ...

A new analysis of hundreds of thousands of English-language hit songs suggests that popular music lyrics have shifted over the past six decades away from themes associated with care and loyalty, and ...

A haunting Appalachian ballad comes to life through a voice that feels like it belongs to another time. Rooted in generations of storytelling, the song carries themes of love, loss, and devotion that ...