How Radiohead, Whitney Houston, Meat Loaf and others made a point with punctuation. Today’s playlist is devoted to one of my absolute favorite musical conventions: the parenthetical song title. Why ...
Country music star Morgan Wallen’s hit single “Last Night” has landed at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The 29-year-old’s song topped the charts despite his recent controversies surrounding COVID and ...
The key to good pop songwriting is to make it obvious. Just say it like it is: “Beat It,” “Hey Jude,” “Purple Rain.” But some songs don’t have recognizable titles. Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend don ...