What makes a good love song? For some people, it’s the lyrics but for others the melody is more important. The very best love songs have the power to transcend generations.

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Squid took on Talk Talk's 1985 classic "Life's What You Make It" – one of the most elevated pop songs of the 80 as part of their secret session for Best Fit at last year's End of the Road Festival.

Craig Brewer’s toe-tapping weepie about the triumphs and tragedies of a Neil Diamond tribute band is exactly the movie we need right now. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an ...

After the birth of her daughter, Laura Marling thought it might be the end of the road for her songwriting career. "I guess I'd been programmed to think parenthood or motherhood was the end of desire, ...

Abbey Road Amplify x Pitchfork London sees artists playing the Pitchfork London festival come into the studios to work with Abbey Road’s engineers and record something new. This year Marika Hackman ...

With its dreamy, scaled-back production, the album ends up presenting an understated pronatalism—a rare work of contemporary art that portrays motherhood in an almost exclusively positive light ...

Song for Our Daughter, the title of the British singer-songwriter Laura Marling's 2020 album, was a shrewd prediction. Marling gave birth to a daughter in 2023, and her recently released eighth album, ...

The British singer-songwriter Laura Marling signed her first record deal when she was 16 years old. And she knew even then that she wanted to approach the music industry on her terms. Here's what she ...