Taylor Swift’s “Cleveland!” joins songs about Kent State, the Cuyahoga River, industrial decline, hometown pride and Ohio’s ...

Stella Lefty faces criticism that her songs sound like old hits. It’s a common situation in pop music, experts say, but it's sparked intense backlash.

Kesha honored the late Dolly Parton on stage hours after the icon’s death and years after Kesha’s mother, Pebe Sebert, wrote ...

Sometimes, it feels like we never remember our history properly. We’re just doomed to make the same mistakes over and over again, leaving crucial artifacts to wither away into nothingness. Imagine how ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice ...

"The Way You Look Tonight" has made people swoon for nine decades. By Paul Grein Ninety years ago today, a song was copyrighted that would appear in a movie the following month. You might think a song ...

Even though they make us cry, some of the best songs sing of heartbreak and betrayal. Here are three older tunes about being left by a love that still cut deep. “He Stopped Loving Her Today” tells the ...

A 400-year-old folk song about a drowned cabin boy came with immigrants from the British Isles to the New World, evolved, and was passed down by oral tradition in Appalachia. It settled there in Poor ...

Old tracks hit the Billboard charts this week, thanks to online virality. Two old songs have debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in recent weeks. That is thanks to viral success on TikTok. As NPR's ...

It's happened to all of us at least once and, depending on your age, maybe even several times a day: You forget why you walked into a room, but the lyrics to that song you loved in 7th grade? Embedded ...

Old Spice is putting out a sequel to an over decade-old ad about the difficulty moms experience in seeing their sons reach manhood as the Procter & Gamble brand introduces new product innovations, ...