Madonna is the best dance-pop singer ever. However, Madonna still produced some of the best pop ballads to grace the Billboard Hot 100. Here’s a look at her five best slow songs. “Live to Tell” has a ...

The Appalachian region was, in the early days of the United States, a melting pot of cultures unto itself. Irish and Scottish immigrants carved a life out of the hills and hollers of the mountains.

What are some of the best ballads by grunge artists? It’s kind of ironic — grunge is known for being a mostly sullen style of music with a droning atmosphere and emotionally-charged lyrics. However, ...

Nothing soothes the soul and also allows one to rock out quite like power ballads, especially these four classics from 1981.

After a few years away, Justin Bieber made a strong return in 2025 with “Daisies,” a breezy, guitar-leaning single from his ...

The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono includes an interview from 1980. During the interview, he was asked about “If I Fell.” “That’s my first attempt at a ...

Early in their partnership in Air Supply, guitarist Graham Russell and singer Russell Hitchcock got a harsh lesson in how fleeting success can be in the world of music. The two met in Sydney, ...

To the eyes of this author, there are four perfect TV theme songs in the history of the medium. For instrumentals, the two best themes are Jack Marshall's surf-like monster music he composed for "The ...

Damon Albarn calls The Ballad of Darren, "the first legit Blur album" since 1999's 13. That's 24 years. There are two albums credited to Blur in-between: 2003's Think Tank, which guitarist Graham ...

Jennifer Reid sang workers’ songs, Malmin plumbed gnarly Norwegian hinterlands and Quinie rode across Argyll on a horse ...