Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner on writing her ‘Materalists’ song and reading her late mother’s diary: ‘Almost like I was talking to her again’

The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter composed the Oscar-eligible “My Baby (Got Nothing at All)” at the request of Celine ...

The Controversial Tom Petty Song: Why the Heartbreakers Hated 'Travelin'

Tom Petty was undeniably the driving force behind the band's sound, but he was not immune to criticism. When he introduced 'Travelin,' the song was met with hostility from his bandmates. Petty himself ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1974, the World Lost the Folk Icon Whose Most Beloved Album Became Popular Posthumously (And Almost Got Him Fired When He Was Alive)

On November 25, 1974, Nick Drake died, leaving behind three albums, the third of which would come to be posthumously beloved.