What began as a reworked ballad for a princess became one of the most successful and moving singles of all time.

Country music is known for its storytelling. Sometimes, songwriters will pull stories from their lives or the lives of those around them and create widely relatable songs. Other times, they’ll build ...

Like all great storytellers, songwriters dictate events for us in original and enticing ways. Inspiration for those stories can come from anywhere, but the three artists below looked to history. Check ...

Unlike the real ship, some critics were predicting doom for James Cameron's film before it came out because of how much it ...

Where have all the charity songs gone? In recent years, that staple of the mid-1980s–the all-star benefit tune–has become a pop rarity. But now, 25 years after “We Are the World” raised $63 million ...

Vulnerable, poetic and sonically heart-wrenching, two musicians’ bittersweet folktale doubles as an homage to music itself.

On Sept. 24, a historical marker was erected on Highway 208 near Tweed Farm Road in Madison County, honoring the life and ...

Crystal Simone Smith’s work reminds us that art and poetry are not only something to be admired as beautiful, but can bear ...