A good songwriter’s talent always lies in their ability to communicate complex emotions and themes in a way that doesn’t get buried in their musicality. Sometimes, though, the vibe and instrumentation ...

Rock took a sharp turn in the 1990s. Borrowing folk-songwriting elements and punk-band instrumentation, this decade saw rock take a downer. Alternative rock reigned supreme in its many forms, often ...

Phoebe Bridgers is one of the coolest singer-songwriters of this generation. Her lyrics are straightforwardly heartbreaking and have a sneakily direct way of addressing her backlog of complex emotions ...

Bruce Springsteen has been making music for more than half a century at this point, and like a lot of long-running artists, there are an almost overwhelming number of positive things that can be said ...