Why does it feel like death is so much a part of classic rock? Well, perhaps because it simply is. Not only have so many of our classic rock heroes passed on way too early—from Jimi Hendrix to Kurt ...

This song was released as a single in October 1973, and went on to become one of Dolly Parton's most well-known songs of all ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with singer-songwriter Uwade about her debut album, "Florilegium," an anthology of songs about time, memory, and identity. The word florilegium comes from the Latin ...

Some of the greatest hits in music history came together in a flash of inspiration — proof that genius doesn’t always need time. Some songs take months of studio perfectionism to get right, while ...

War, like love, has long inspired artists and musicians. That is especially true of the songs written in response to the Vietnam War during the countercultural movements of the 1960s and ’70s. The ...

Countless songs have been written about the East and West coasts, but far fewer celebrate the flyover states that comprise the nearly 3,000 miles between either end of the continental U.S. Even their ...