Eighty-three years ago today, the country singer and songwriter who wrote hits for Merle Haggard and other legends was born.

The most important classic rock albums of all time include Black Sabbath's Paranoid, Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut, and ...

In January 1976, the Billboard Hot 100 featured an unlikely chart topper. For the week of Jan. 10, 1976, the novelty hit ...

Hundreds of new Christmas songs are released every year, but each time December rolls around, the same small handful of classics races to the top of the charts. Will anything new ever break through?

With Mariah Carey and Wham! saturating airwaves with their holiday tunes, it’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. But if all you want for Christmas is a reprieve from stereotypical Christmas ...

When it came time to commission a new pop song for her bittersweet romance Materialists, Celine Song had a simple guideline for prospective songwriters: Make it like John Prine’s “In Spite of ...

On Friday, Oct. 17, Ella Langley released a new song called “Choosin’ Texas,” a track about Texans loyalty to their state. In the song, Langley tells a story about how she couldn’t keep her man, a ...

Brett Ryback showed up for his first day of school at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre to discover he had a substitute teacher. Chamber opened its production of "Old Wicked Songs" Sept. 20 with the surprise ...

Children lined up for face painting while Milwaukee-based rapper-turned-entrepreneur Ray Nitti spun music on a set of turntables during the Corridor Block Party on Friday, Aug. 22. Families grabbed ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook James Gunn’s Massive Payday for Superman Revealed Superman is expected to continue to dominate the ...

You know the moment, when you’re at a party, and the playlist humming in the background suddenly plays that song. Everyone perks up. Phones pause mid-scroll, and the conversation stalls. Some songs ...

Radiohead has historically had some trouble hitting the mainstream charts, despite their status as one of the most legendary turn-of-the-century rock bands. In a surprising turn of events, one of ...