Catherine is an Assistant Editor at American Songwriter. As a word nerd with a degree from The University of the South: Sewanee, Catherine feels at home supporting the media company’s print and digital publications. Behind the scenes, she routinely jams out to the music featured in the stories that she helped bring to life. All and all, this Assistant Editor loves to creatively support creatives and recommends that you check out the latest edition of the American Songwriter magazine.
Metallica has been a constant in the music world ever since vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich first founded the metal band in 1981. And as odd as it may sound, we’ve found comfort in the realness of Metallica’s thrashing on more than just a few occasions. So, in an attempt to capture some More
Offset, born Kiari Cephus, is facing a rather unique problem. The “Run It Up” rapper can’t figure out what to gift fellow rapper and wife Cardi B for her birthday on October 11. Videos by American Songwriter “These are the hard times,” Offset told E! News. “First off, she [Cardi B] has everything. Second off, More
Here at American Songwriter, we love to discuss the meaning and history of famous album art like Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti or Van Halen’s 1984. But rarely are we a part of the discussion while the album cover (and covers) are being revealed for the first time. Until now. Videos by American Songwriter Taylor Swift More
Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman lived down the hall from each other one year at Samford University, a smaller college located in the suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama. It was a formative few years, and to this day, Fairchild still remembers how she and Schlapman would blast records by The Judds over a speaker in their More
This one is for the girls: Caroline Jones has just run through a series of solo shows, and she recorded all the behind-the-scenes goodness for fans to watch in her second Summer Tour Diary (out now). Videos by American Songwriter This string of shows, fittingly titled That Girl In The Band Tour, has been occurring More
News of a domestic assault case involving singer/songwriter Michelle Branch and her husband The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney broke on August 11. Since then, Branch has opened up about the state of her marriage, that “unfortunate” night, and how it all relates to her latest album The Trouble with Fever (out September 16). Videos by More
The proverbial “they” often say, “it must run in the family,” and that “the apple never falls far from the tree.” Whether we like it or not, our families affect how we face the world—at least to some degree. To put it more succinctly, family matters. Videos by American Songwriter Regarding music, familial ties often More
We’re going to get straight to the point on this one: Toad the Wet Sprocket is a weird band name. Picked for their first gig, the band—Glen Phillips, Todd Nichols, and Dean Dinning—chose its name with the understanding that it would be a temporary moniker, a placeholder. But the first gig came and went, and More
Merle Haggard had a rough start in this world. First of all, he was born during the final years of the Great Depression, and soon after, his father died when Haggard was around nine years old. As a teenager, Haggard had a tendency to commit petty crimes and land himself in juvenile detention. By most More
Slow down you crazy child/ You’re so ambitious for a juvenile, Billy Joel sings in the opening lines of “Vienna.” Videos by American Songwriter “Vienna” was written by Joel and released as a part of his 1977 album The Stranger, but it wasn’t the hit then that it is today. In fact, “Vienna” was released More
If you haven’t yet heard about Blackpink yet, buckle up, because the group is quickly becoming one of the hottest girl groups in music. Videos by American Songwriter BLACKPINK (stylized in all capitals) is a four-member K-Pop group heavily influenced by the hip-hop, EDM, and trap genres. The group officially formed with the help of More
Noah Cyrus The Hardest Part4 out of 5 Stars Videos by American Songwriter Noah Cyrus seems to be more astute than many of her 22-year-old peers. Maybe it’s due to her being the youngest of six Cyrus children—after all, birth order psychology seems just as likely as astrology these days. Or perhaps it’s just the nature More
