Our staff's favorite songs from a year of booming rap singles, delicate piano-rock ballads and irresistible pop singles that brought you-know-what back to the front of top 40. In the wake of the ...

The year before punk broke, rock's old guard made a strong, pressing stand. But as the UCR staff-selected list below of the Top 40 Songs of 1976 shows, the music that dominated headlines at the end of ...

One of the bonuses of making "Song Sung Blue" filled with Neil Diamond songs is how astonishingly prolific the globally beloved singer-songwriter was during his five decades of recording and ...

Before he was the guy leading stadiums full of fans through the chorus of "Sweet Caroline," Neil Diamond was a kid in Brooklyn writing song lyrics while bored in class. Diamond's expansive songwriting ...

Whether you’re an aspiring songwriter, just starting out, or an old pro, it’s helpful to look at the parts of a song and how best to arrange them. Playing with structure requires both sides of the ...

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are back as Elphaba and Glinda for “Wicked: For Good,” Jon M. Chu’s latest film which adapts the second act of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s hit musical. Though ...

As a breakout artist, having one massive hit is sort of a mixed blessing. So it is with Ella Langley and "You Look Like You Love Me," the Riley Green duet that dominated country music in 2024 and has ...

"Walk My Walk" by Breaking Rust is No. 1 on the 'Billboard' Country Digital Song Sales chart Breaking Rust/YouTube Who is Breaking Rust? The No. 1 song on the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales ...

Tucker Wetmore's best songs make a strong case that this country newcomer is here to stay. In a lot of ways, Wetmore is following in the footsteps of stars like Morgan Wallen, as well as his tour ...

Physicists Prof. Dr. Ingo Rehberg from the University of Bayreuth and Dr. Peter Blümler from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have developed and experimentally validated an innovative approach for ...