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Why Taylor Swift Is America’s Most Carefully Studied Songwriter
By crafting vivid chronicles of her life since she was a teenager, she has built a vast catalog that rewards the attention millions have paid to it. -
Bruce Springsteen Has Always Believed That Songs Can Change America
In every era, he writes like a steward of the country’s conscience — as if he has a duty to us all. -
Fifty Years Young With GREG GINN From BLACK FLAG
Interview by Kris Peters BLACK FLAG, the American band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California, has turned a new page and begun a bold new chapter with the addition of three new members: Max Zanelly (vocals), David Rodriguez (bass), and Bryce Weston (drums), joining founding guitarist Greg Ginn. With a fresh lineup – and […] -
Valerie Simpson Is Behind Some of the Most Transcendent Songs You Know
Along with Nickolas Ashford, she wrote a jaw-dropping number of soaring, undeniable classics. -
Paul Simon Can Compress a Novel’s Worth of Ideas Into One Song
He sets words skipping cleverly through his music. But his rhythms, melodies and harmonies are just as deft and adventurous. -
Lionel Richie’s R&B Smash Songs Were the Soundtrack of an Era
He’s written heaps of our most indelibly gorgeous, time-stoppingly gentle hits — for the Commodores, for himself and for other pop legends. -
Lana Del Rey Injected Perverse New Moods Into American Pop
By delighting in the things women aren’t supposed to say, her songs bewitch listeners with an emotional register they never would have expected. -
Mariah Explains Her Hit-Producing Songwriting Process
The artist talks about writing her era-defining hits, the pleasures of collaboration and some of the ways she has been undercredited as a writer. -
Carole King’s Songwriting Defined Melancholy for a Generation of Women
A legend of pop craftsmanship. A trailblazer for singer-songwriter intimacy. Either feat alone could have earned a spot on this list. -
Nile Rodgers Explains How He Wrote ‘We Are Family,’ ‘Le Freak’ and More
The co-founder of Chic, the de facto house band of New York’s late-70s disco boom, talks about taking inspiration from the city’s club scene.