It was completely by accident that I came across the song “Tell Laura I Love Her” by Ray Peterson, but that song opened up an entire new style of song that I didn’t even know existed—the teenage death ...

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, ...

"Naima" and two other ballads that John Coltrane recorded have been appended to the program line-up borrowed from his 1960-61 album Ballads. It is Karrin Allyson's plan to pay homage to Coltrane by ...

Reed fans know “Men Of Good Fortune” as the second track on his 1973 solo album Berlin. But as Reed archivists Jason Stern and Don Fleming point out in a statement, this early recording is an entirely ...

Folk-rocker Richard Thompson has commanded a strong following since the 1960s. Thompson’s ironic ballads can be dark and somber, and often call for political and social justice. Lately at concerts ...