John Fogerty will release his long awaited duets album Wrote A Song For Everyone May 28 on Vanguard Records. The new record, produced by Fogerty and recorded in Nashville, Los Angeles New Orleans and London, finds him revisiting his classic catalog with his musical friends and admirers; from country acts like Keith Urban and Brad [...]

We talked to our Writer of the Week Tift Merritt about the first song she ever wrote, Traveling Alone and her favorite songwriters. More Album reviews for the week include Patti Smith and Joshua James. More Ife Sanchez Mora premiered her latest song “Hopeful Heart” on our site, showcasing the bluesy, almost country sound of [...]

He didn’t have the flashy looks and he didn’t call a lot of attention to himself, but there are few artists who can match the hot streak that Bob Seger had during the late 70’s and early 80’s. In a 12-year span from 1976-87, Seger and his Silver Bullet Band released five Top 10 albums [...]

(Don Schlitz and Kenny Rogers) Songwriting can sometimes be a solitary task, or at most a collaboration of a handful of people. So when a song hits a nerve and resonates with others it can be a wondrous thing to watch it take off and have a life of its own. For the past 43 [...]

This fall, John Fogerty will release Wrote A Song For Everyone, an album of new songs and old Fogerty favorites, with artists like Foo Fighters, Bob Seger, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, My Morning Jacket, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, and Dawes joining him in the studio. While a full track list is expected to be revealed [...]

It’s been a good year for rock legend Bob Seger, and it can be a good year for you too. We’re giving away a copy of Seger’s two-disc Ultimate Hits set, as well as a special lithograph of the cover image. All you have to do is tell us your favorite Bob Seger song, and [...]

The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for the 2012 class. It’s an all-star list — Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Pete Townshend, Elvis Costello, George Michael, Dion DeMucci, Deborah Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie, Bob Seger, Eurythmics’ Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, and Gordon Lightfoot have all been nominated as performing songwriters. [...]

Check out our full “Twitterview” with up-and-coming country artist Frankie Ballard. You asked the questions and we collected the answers. AmerSongwriter: Do you remember the first song you wrote and how old were you? (@Justgina59) FrankieBallard: I was 18 years old when I wrote my first song and it was called Old Virginia Lime…if you [...]

While they’re currently under fire for misquoting the Bieb, Rolling Stone has always been the go-to authority on rock facts and figures. There’s a fun feature up on their Website today, in which author Andy Greene presents eleven “famous rock songs” (although Run-D.M.C. are technically hip-hop… see, fact-checking is easy) which contain factually inaccurate lyrics. [...]

“Like Darren McGavin when he won the leg lamp in the epic holiday film A Christmas Story, I am elated!” says Dave Bonko, the lucky winner of our Bob Seger giveaway contest. Bonko will receive Seger’s entire catalog on CD; we’re jealous. We asked the contestants to tell us what their favorite Seger song or [...]

Have you been walking down the street recently, or “out past the cornfields where the woods get heavy,”  and suddenly heard the familiar strains of “Night Moves?” If so, it’s probably because the mighty Bob Seger has just converted several of his best-known songs to ringtones (get yours here). Seger’s Greatest Hits, released in 1994, [...]

Rain Perry (not to be confused with The Band Perry, Katy Perry, Steve Perry or Perry Farrell) is a California singer/songwriter who’s clearly going places. Raised by hippies and reared on Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, Perry formed her own label, Precipitous Records, and released two well-received albums in 1999 and 2008. But [...]