A good song is a good song, but a favorite song is a moment in time: The number one track on a cross-country road trip; the first dance at a wedding; the long hospital playlist that still didn’t cover ...

"I remember sitting and starting to write this song being so fed up, feeling so defeated. Wondering - why can't I write anything but stupid love songs?? Asking myself - am I incapable of talking about ...

In late morning on a bitterly cold day this week, with the outside temperature at 26 degrees, I heard the unmistakable “teakettle, teakettle” song of a Carolina wren from somewhere in my yard in ...

It is only early March, with Old Man Winter still looming large in the rearview mirror. But the birds speak – literally – of spring. Ever-lengthening daylight hours trigger our earliest songbirds to ...

In 2004, after almost 20 years of writing music, Jacob Wren decided to put his instruments away for good. There wouldn't be a farewell show, or any commiserations from fans and record labels, because ...