Final Straw” from Around the Sun and “Bad Day,” a track orignally written during Ronald Reagan’s presidency and later released on the band’s 2003 compilation In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003, ...

"She’s the most charismatic human being alive," said Merle Haggard of Dolly Parton. "She’s Marilyn Monroe with a guitar. She’d make Marilyn Monroe take the dirt road." ...

I picked my husband, who I love, and I thought, ‘Well, I’ll write some beautiful song about him,'" said Parton of this 2012 ...

"It’s a great Dylan song," said Bryan Ferry. "It was such a pleasure to do someone else’s song. The pressure was off me as a ...

"Choose a song you like then rewrite it. Write new chords to it and different lyrics but keep the trajectory of the song." ...

When U2 was piecing together their 1993 album Zooropa, there was one track they were stuck on. Bono initially composed the song with Johnny Cash ‘s vocals in mind. During a visit to Dublin, Cash went ...

The only song written by Kristofferson for the film, it appears at the very end, as a moving retrieval of hope.

"Carl and I fell in love when I was 18 and he was 23, and like all great love stories, they never end," wrote Dolly Parton. % ...

Another unexpected challenge Margrét faced was working on an album with predominantly English-speaking producers.”It’s different to work with people in a different language,” she says. “You’re a ...

The gym at Benjamin Stoddert Middle School buzzed with excitement on March 5, 2025, as top middle school spellers from across Charles County competed in the 47th annual Charles County Spelling Bee.