I am not any superior authority on the music business, and for that matter on music leisure. I don't know a lot about music history or music literature. But, over the course of writing this column, ...

Love and romance are unquestionably the dominant lyrical themes of popular music. In fact, research in 2017 found that “love” has been the most common theme for pop song lyrics in every decade since ...

Songwriting is an especially powerful tool used by music therapists. It opens a path to access, verbalize, and express feelings that are otherwise often difficult to process. It harnesses creativity, ...

In composing a song to play for 1,000 years, the variables of technology, societal upheaval, and public understanding cannot be overlooked. “Longplayer Live” in 2009 (photo by Cormac Heron/Flickr) In ...