Country music sensation Trisha Yearwood released her debut single more than 30 years ago—yet she is still checking off some major career milestones with the release of her latest album, "The Mirror," ...

It took a painful breakup for Gwen Stefani to find her voice. Stefani started performing with No Doubt in the mid-’80s. But other members of the band took the lead when it came to crafting the group’s ...

Five humans convened for a weekend to create new music from scratch. Could they do better than A.I.? Could you even tell the ...

When it comes to writing songs, some guitars are better than others. Here are a few things to consider to help you pick the ...

Madonna and Michael Jackson will always be the King and Queen of Pop, regardless of what thoughtless clickbait articles say. Madonna revealed that she didn’t write songs the way that the “Thriller” ...

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have released 17 albums, with an 18th, Wild God, on the way. So, Cave has written a ton of songs over a long period of time, as the group’s first album arrived in 1984. That ...

Jack White has said that the idea of writing songs about public breakups “in the Taylor Swift way” is not “interesting at all” to him. The White Stripes frontman, 50, was asked about the use of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeryl Brunner covers theater, entertainment and lifestyle stories. When composer/songwriter Kate Diaz was asked to write songs for ...

The Grammy-winning artist wrote seven songs for the upcoming prequel. By Christy Piña Associate Editor Lin Manuel-Miranda opened up about writing seven songs for Mufasa: The Lion King, the upcoming ...