I’m a writer for the Books desk, covering the world of reading. I approach novels like a glutton at an all-you-can-eat buffet ...

Heralding his commercial comeback, Meat Loaf's 1993 power ballad 'I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)' was notable ...

This story originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on March 14, 1996. When writing the Oscar-winning song "Streets of ...

Melissa Etheridge influence on some of the songs. They’ve always been there on other albums, like with songs like Take Me Higher and Believe. But I think those songs, especially Never Gonna Take You ...

Love songs are a dime a dozen, but great, swoon-worthy love songs that endure over the course of decades are less common. As a genre, classic rock is full of romantic tunes about love, but none more ...

This might be the most nostalgic of all nostalgic love songs from the 1980s out there. How could I possibly leave off this sultry, saxophone-led tune from one of the greatest talents of that decade?

The song is on the pop star’s 12th studio album ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’ which was released on Oct. 3 Rodin Eckenroth/Getty; Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Taylor Swift’s new song struck a chord ...

October is known for cool breezes and the colorful foliage that come with fall weather and, of course, Halloween. But the coming month is also providing Nashville with a stellar lineup of live music.

Love hits different when it’s when it’s told through heartfelt lyrics on a song that you can’t stop replaying. From Faith Evans emotion-filled record, “Soon As I Get Home” to Ashford & Simpson’s ...

The celebrity memoir is a form of which I’m reflexively skeptical. Some books lean solely on name recognition, without much concern for the content inside. Others promise salacious details of a life ...