When Merrilee Rush starts the chorus of this song, you know you’re witnessing something great,” American Songwriter shares.

Next, we hear a song that brings a listener back to a moment in the past with a mixtape and a Chicano anthem in the living room of her childhood home. It's part of a new series called Songs That Move ...

Inspired by ’50s music icon, 'Angel From Montgomery' by John Prine became a 1974 classic and one of soft rock’s greatest ...

The Americana singer — Jon Voight’s younger brother — also wrote “Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)” and quit music for 14 years to be a professional gambler, only to return. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor ...

Chip Taylor, the Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee who is best known for writing the classic hits “Angel of the Morning” and “Wild Thing,” died Monday at age 86. The death was reported on social media ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ten of the best songs of the year, as determined by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman, in no particular order. It is not only the biggest song of the year, but one of the ...