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What do you really want to know about the music artists you love most? American Songwriter has the latest news on popular music’s most fascinating figures, of course. But let’s go deeper. Let’s pick through the inner-workings of a smash hit. Or learn about songs you may think you know well, but most certainly do not know the famous artists who wrote them.

Is a rising star you’ve only kinda-sorta heard about playing the Grammys? We’ll have interesting articles with backstory galore on what makes them tick as songwriters and musicians. Perhaps the singer you saw live the other night name-checked a legendary influence you’re not familiar with. American Songwriter will familiarize you with the source of your favorite artist’s inspiration.

The unique angles from which we approach music history are just about endless. Your path to music wisdom just got a whole lot shorter.

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  • American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan on stage in Paris, 25th June 1966. (Photo by Jacques Haillot/Apis/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

    3 Songs From ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ That Will Make You Fall in Love With Dylan’s Rock Era

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  • These 4 Billy Joel Songs From the 70s, Which He Wrote by Himself, Still Rock Our World Today

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  • British rock band Cream (British bass player Jack Bruce (1943-2014), British drummer Ginger Baker (1939-2019), and British guitarist Eric Clapton) perform live on stage, location unspecified, April 1967. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

    Remember When Legendary Supergroup Cream Came to an End After Only Two Years Together at Their Farewell Concert in 1968?

  • UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970: Photo of Pink Floyd Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

    3 Pink Floyd Songs That Sound Like Descending Into Madness (In a Really Poetic Way)

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  • Rolling Stones performing in 1964

    How a Massive Forgery Scandal Led to a Riot at a Rolling Stones Concert in Scotland

    May 31, 2026, 3:00 pm

  • Close-up of American musician Bob Dylan as he plays acoustic guitar during a performance at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 1963. (Photo by Rowland Scherman/Getty Images)

    3 Forgotten Folk Songs That Embodied the Spirit of the Vietnam War Protest Era

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  • These 4 Dan Fogelberg Songs Will Always Be Timeless

    These 4 Dan Fogelberg Songs Will Always Be Timeless

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  • David Byrne of Talking Heads performs on stage, Groenoordhallen, Leiden, Netherlands, 1st July 1982. (Photo by Rob Verhorst/Redferns)

    3 Classic Rock Songs That Secretly Predicted the Future as We Know It

    May 31, 2026, 1:30 pm

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    3 Songs From the 80s That Weren’t Supposed To Be Duets (But We’re So Glad They Were)

  • On This Day in 2017, We Lost This Nashville Songwriting Legend Who Signed Blake Shelton and Wrote No. 1 Hits for Charley Pride and Ronnie Milsap

    On This Day in 2017, Nashville Lost the Songwriting Legend Who Signed Blake Shelton and Wrote No. 1 Hits for Charley Pride and Ronnie Milsap

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  • 3 Rock Songs From the 1970s That Haven’t Stood the Test of Time

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    May 31, 2026, 12:30 pm

  • American Pop & Soul singer Michael Bolton (born Michael Bolotin) performs onstage at Byrne Arena (later renamed Meadowlands Arena), East Rutherford, New Jersey, June 26, 1983. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)

    How Michael Bolton’s Songwriting Breakthrough Eventually Became His First Charttopper as an Artist in 1983

    May 31, 2026, 12:00 pm

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