American Songwriter

circa 1975: Swedish pop group ABBA (L-R: Benny Andersson, Frida Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus), wearing similar white Asian-influenced costumes, perform for the television program Midnight Special with a neon 'ABBA' sign in the background. (Ph

PROVIDENCE, RI - OCTOBER 7: The band BOSTON (l-r) Brad Delp, Tom Scholz, Sib Hashian, Fran Sheehan, Barry Goudreau pose for a portrait backstage at the Providence RI Civic Center on October 7, 1976 in Providence, Rhode Island. (Photo by Ron Pownall/Getty

U2 Concert, Zoo TV Tour, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales, Wednesday 18th August 1993, picture shows lead singer Bono on stage. (Photo by Western Mail Archive/Mirrorpix/Getty Images) Some of the best rock songs that have ever been released came out in th

Photo by JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP via Getty Images Bette Midler will soon receive a major honor. The Woody Guthrie Center recently announced that they have selected the legendary entertainer as the 2026 Woody Guthrie Prize recipient. The Woody Guthrie Pr

Some of the best voices in the 90s folk scene aren't necessarily known by name. Here are a few folk singer-songwriters from the 90s that you are probably more familiar with than you think. Joan Osborne While studying film at NYU, Joan Osborne became engul

The Beatles rehearse at the ABC Theatre, Blackpool for the group's bill-topping appearance on ABC TV's Blackpool Night Out, 1 August 1965. Left to right: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Daily Mirror/Mi

1977: Country singer Tompall Glaser performs live in 1977. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) While Tompall Glaser never quite reached the same level of solo stardom as his fellow outlaw country artists Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, his im

Motown singing group The Supremes perform on a TV show circa 1964. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) If you close your eyes and think about the early 1960s, a certain sound will likely spring to mind. Instantly, you'll begin to think of that c

Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images Chart performance is a standard metric for judging a single's commercial success, but that doesn't always translate to quality. For every subpar song that managed to top the charts, there are several more phenomenal o

Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images Riley Green just made a fan's day. When Shane Allen, a Panama City, Florida, business owner, put his guitar up for sale on Facebook Marketplace, he never could have guessed that a country star would want to purchase the