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6 Takeaways from The Times’s Interview with Taylor Swift

Swift spoke with The New York Times about confessional songwriting, the inspirat...

11 Great American Songwriters Who Didn’t Make Our List

The New York Times Magazine named the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters. H...

Kennedy Center Works to Make the Case That Repairs Are ...

In Washington and in federal court, the center is arguing that its planned two-y...

How Taylor Swift Writes a Song, In Her Own Words

The artist shares stories behind some of her biggest hits, her love of a “rant b...

Jay-Z Breaks Down the Stories Behind His Most Famous Songs

The artist shares stories behind his famous songs, the writing challenges he set...

She’s Blazing a Trail for a Traditional Korean Zither i...

The Seoul-born gayageum player DoYeon Kim has become an in-demand collaborator f...

Gveirr Tveitt’s Music Captured Norway’s Colors. His Lif...

Geirr Tveitt’s reputation was tarnished by his nationalist politics. But a new g...

‘Flower Drum Song,’ Once Overhauled, Returns Changed Again

David Henry Hwang revised the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic 25 years ago. Now he...

Megan Thee Stallion to Leave ‘Moulin Rouge!’ on Broadwa...

The rapper will perform in “Moulin Rouge!” for the final time on Friday, though ...

Three of Nashville’s Finest Writers Explain How Country...

Shane McAnally, Brandy Clark and Josh Osborne talk about songwriting as a day jo...

Nile Rodgers Explains How He Wrote ‘We Are Family,’ ‘Le...

The co-founder of Chic, the de facto house band of New York’s late-70s disco boo...

Babyface Explains How He Wrote Hits for Madonna, Whitne...

The craftsman behind dozens of hits for performers like Whitney Houston and Boyz...

Lucinda Williams Explains What It Takes to Write a Grea...

The singer-songwriter talks about being self-taught, and reaching down into the ...

Nedra Talley Ross, Last Surviving Member of the Ronette...

With towering hairdos and perfect harmonies, she and her cousins Ronnie and Este...

The Cult Music Documentary ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot’ Tu...

The film capturing the scene outside a Judas Priest show was 17 minutes long, on...

‘The Lost Boys’ Review: Live, Die, Reprise

A Broadway musical adaptation of the 1987 movie gets a lot of mileage from ’80s ...