“I wish that I had Jessie’s girl / Where can I find a woman like that?” “Jessie’s Girl” was a massive hit for Rick Springfield in 1981. A power pop classic with a rock edge, this song was a No. 1 hit ...

If one wants to become a decent songwriter, one has to study the works of the greats. Today, the “greats” would be the songwriters of the mid-to-late 20th century who penned some of the greatest songs ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a “Song of the Week” designation. Check out last week’s roundup here. Who doesn’t ...

These interconnected short stories of love and death, inspired by traditional ballads from the British Isles, are narrated with immediacy and warmth In the old Scottish ballad, Tam Lin, a girl named ...

I met Finn while asking random people to sing in Sarasota, FL. When I ask him what music he likes, I expect him to answer with newer music since he is so young. But despite his age, he has a well ...

Sometime in the mid-two-thousands, when people would still hand you cassette tapes or CDs at shows or in record stores or during hangouts in someone’s parents’ basement or smoke-filled apartment, I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — If you ever need a reminder that time moves faster the older you are, just look at pop culture. Songs that once ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — If you ever need a reminder that time moves faster the older you are, just look at pop culture. Songs that once blasted car stereos, movies that packed movie theaters, and TV shows ...

Millions of people sing it each year at the stroke of midnight, some beaming with joy and others overcome with emotion as they bid goodbye to the year that has passed. But what does the New Year’s ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...