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What do you really want to know about the music artists you love most? American Songwriter has the latest news on popular music’s most fascinating figures, of course. But let’s go deeper. Let’s pick through the inner-workings of a smash hit. Or learn about songs you may think you know well, but most certainly do not know the famous artists who wrote them.

Is a rising star you’ve only kinda-sorta heard about playing the Grammys? We’ll have interesting articles with backstory galore on what makes them tick as songwriters and musicians. Perhaps the singer you saw live the other night name-checked a legendary influence you’re not familiar with. American Songwriter will familiarize you with the source of your favorite artist’s inspiration.

The unique angles from which we approach music history are just about endless. Your path to music wisdom just got a whole lot shorter.

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    You Won’t Be Able To Get Georgia off Your Mind After Listening to Willie Nelson’s Son Cover This Ray Charles Classic

    March 12, 2026, 11:33 am

  • John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin performing in 1970

    John Paul Jones Called This Led Zeppelin Riff the Most Difficult He Ever Wrote, but It’s Not the One You Might Think

    March 12, 2026, 11:19 am

  • Michael Hossack during his second stint with the Doobie Brothers

    On This Day in 2012, the Heartrending Death of a Legendary Rock Band’s Sound-Defining Second Drummer

  • No Matter How Many Years Pass, These 3 Country Songs From 1966 Will Never Be Forgotten

    This 1975 Loretta Lynn Song Was So Controversial That Radio Stations Wouldn’t Play It

    March 12, 2026, 11:00 am

  • I Spent a Week Studying the Lyrics of Paul McCartney—These 3 Lines Changed How I Hear Music

    I Spent a Week Studying the Lyrics of Paul McCartney—These 3 Lines Changed How I Hear Music

    March 12, 2026, 10:24 am

  • 3 Albums by Obscure Psychedelic-Folk Singer-Songwriters from the Late 1960s and Early 1970s You Need to Check Out

    3 Albums by Obscure 20th-Century Psychedelic Folk Singer-Songwriters You Need To Check Out

    March 12, 2026, 10:00 am

  • 3 Rock Songs That Still Give Us Chills, Decades After They Were First Released

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    3 Rock Songs That Still Give Us Chills, Decades After They Were First Released

    March 12, 2026, 9:33 am

  • The Everly Brothers performing

    This 1958 Everly Brothers Track Was Recorded Live in Only Two Takes (and Broke Chart Records Everywhere)

    March 12, 2026, 9:30 am

  • 3 Rock Songs Where You Almost Forget There’s a Band Behind the Lead Singer

    3 Songs by The Cranberries That Are Just As Good as “Linger” (if Not Better)

  • This Massive Trisha Yearwood Hit Was Almost Recorded by an Iconic Duo First

    This Massive Trisha Yearwood Hit Was Almost Recorded by an Iconic Duo Instead

    March 12, 2026, 8:30 am

  • Neil Young performing

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    3 Songwriters That Neil Young Loves, Including One Who “May Be the Greatest Artist of Our Generation”

    March 12, 2026, 8:00 am

  • Bill Haley

    3 Classic Rock Songs From the 1950s That Were Big at Sock Hops

    March 12, 2026, 7:30 am

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