It’s obvious that a lot of songs are written in response to events, either in our own lives or in the lives of those around us, and beyond that by our contact with the splendour, violence and upheaval ...

It was literally overnight.” While this respect is shared amongst songwriters, there is also another respect that extends beyond those who write music to those who have a deep understanding of the ...

Here’s a complete list of songs not in the English language that won Oscars for best original song. Date of ceremony: March 29, 1951 ...

By David A. Fahrenthold Emily Badger and Jeremy ... which is what the group is calling its list of canceled contracts, was originally posted on Feb. 19. Since that first posting, the total amount ...

David Gray admits he will never get tired of hearing Sunshine On Leith after Hibs ensured the song merited a quick repeat airing at Easter Road in recognition of another statement result.

Kraftwerk paid tribute to Bowie in the song “Trans-Europe Express”, specifically in the line “From station to station and to Dusseldorf city / Meet Iggy Pop and David Bowie.” 2.

She also spoke of the importance she placed on the dance genre, saying: "I feel like dance music, electronic music, it gets a really bad rep because I feel like everybody's like 'Oh, well ...

David Johansen died at his home in New York City ... He filled notebooks with poems and lyrics as a young man and liked a lot of different music — R&B, Cuban, Janis Joplin and Otis Redding.

David Johansen, the frontman and last surviving ... according to Johansen’s fundraiser on Sweet Relief, a music charity. In the New York Dolls, Johansen defined an era when ‘70s glam rock ...

Johansen's half-century of influence on music was celebrated in a documentary titled "Personality Crisis: One Night Only," directed by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi, which featured footage of ...

David Johansen, who died February 28 at 75, helped record the soundtrack to glam-punk rock as lead singer of the groundbreaking New York Dolls. Songs like “Personality Crisis” and “Trash ...

After he retired the Buster persona, he started a new group, David Johansen and the Harry Smiths, which performed songs drawn from Harry Smith’s 1952 “Anthology of American Folk Music” and ...