American Songwriter

49 Years Ago Today, Glen Campbell Was at No. 1 With a Song He Knew He Had To Record the First Time He Heard It

Forty-nine years ago today, Glen Campbell was at the top of the country chart for the final time with a song he immediately ...

‘Laid low in Ohio’: SC poet laureate tweaks lyrics to potential state song at lawmakers’ request

Songwriter Patrick Davis was asked to tweak two lyrics in the song’s first verse because they made references to women “of ...

Pat Monahan reveals this Train song with a billion streams was written for someone else

Train lead singer Pat Monahan reflects with USA TODAY on the band's success ahead of a summer tour and the group's ...

Hear new song from AWOLNATION side project The Barbarians of California, 'Vanilla Latte'

The Barbarians of California, AWOLNATION frontman Aaron Bruno's hardcore side project, has released a new song called ...