Most songwriters would like to forget the very first song they ever wrote, as such songs tend to be childish and clunky. Todd Rundgren, on the other hand, came out of the gate with an accomplished, ...

Real talk: when I first watched the music video for Adele's "Hello," it punched me right in the feels. Not only because it has meaning for anyone who's not really great at adulting, but because it is ...

In Adele's "Hello," her first single in three years, the British songstress is greeting someone for the first time in years. Who exactly is on the other side of that "hello"? The song is far less ...

Does the world still have the same meaning and sense of sacredness in a secular world? I found the answer to this question beautifully argued and described in the book All Shining Things: Reading the ...

The Doors are known for skewing to the harder edge of psychedelia with their innovative music. But like any other band, they had to pay the bills, which is why a hit single every now and again helped.