Same song, different meanings! Join us as we explore covers that completely transformed the original intentions behind the music. From punk reworkings of classy standards to feminist anthems that were ...

Welcome to “The Lyrics of a Showgirl.” Any Taylor Swift album is endlessly quotable, and her 12th is far from the first exception, even if you have to go a few tracks in to “The Life of a Showgirl” to ...

The history of music is filled with songs that never mention their titles in the lyrics. From the earliest recorded reports, songs were named "ballads" or "hymns" or something similar to reflect their ...

Ellen Apswoude is a writer based in Melbourne. Over Ellen's long and enviable career she has mastered the White Swan and the Black Swan, bathed a Mogwai without incident and solved the Lament ...

Monica Hooper is an award-winning features writer specializing in entertainment news for Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley. Since 2022, she has interviewed a diverse range of luminaries, ...

Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester Many of us assume that everything a musician sings emerges from some autobiographical impulse. Pop music lyrics in particular ...

If you’ve ever fallen in love (or even in 'like') with someone, chances are there’s a Taylor Swift song for that. The pop star is no stranger to writing about the deepest aspects of crushing on ...

“Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice” is finally in theaters and the accompanying soundtrack is as dripping with nostalgia as film. For those worried, yes “Day-O” by Alfie Davis and the Sylia Young Theatre ...

Throngs of fans greet hip hop recording artist Macklemore (right) and his musical partner Ryan Lewis as they sign autographs before a show at the Capitol Theater in downtown Olympia. Steve Bloom ...

Ella Langley and Riley Green's "You Look Like You Love Me" sounds like a country throwback, but the lyrics recall a different era of songwriting, as well. The boozy, piano-led, love (for a night) song ...

The Death of Slim Shady is forthcoming as Eminem releases his new song “Houdini,” a single aimed at making his “career disappear.” “Little baby devil with the forked tongue and it’s stickin’ out,” ...