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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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    68 Years Ago, Don Gibson Was at No. 1 With a Country Classic That Was Later Covered by Johnny Cash, Neil Young, and the Muppets

    April 14, 2026, 1:06 pm

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    April 14, 2026, 12:30 pm

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    3 Country Songs From the 1970s That Would Have Hit No. 1 in Any Decade

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    3 Songs Willie Nelson Wrote That Changed Other Artists’ Careers

    April 14, 2026, 12:01 pm

  • It’s Almost Impossible Not To Smile Listening to These 4 Country Songs From 2016

    It’s Impossible Not To Smile While Listening to These 4 Country Songs From 2016

    April 14, 2026, 12:00 pm

  • Loretta Lynn

    Born in Kentucky on This Day 94 Years Ago, the Outspoken Country Star Who Became the First Woman To Win Entertainer of the Year

    April 14, 2026, 11:10 am

  • On This Day in 1969, John Lennon and Paul McCartney Recorded a Song So Controversial Radio Stations Banned It

    On This Day in 1969, John Lennon and Paul McCartney Recorded a Song So Controversial That Radio Stations Banned It

    April 14, 2026, 10:55 am

  • Jon Bon Jovi performing

    4 Rock Songs Every 80s Kid Knew by Heart (But Somehow Forgot)

    April 14, 2026, 10:36 am

  • Neil Young performing in 1986

    4 Songs From the 1980s That Reference Celebrities

  • Joan Jett’s Only No. 1 Single Was a ‘Knee-Jerk’ Response to a Rolling Stones Classic

    Joan Jett’s Only No. 1 Single Was a “Knee-Jerk” Response to a Rolling Stones Classic

    April 14, 2026, 10:00 am

  • American cajun singer-songwriter D. L. Menard performing at the Tramshed, Woolwich, London, circa 2000. (Photo by Sylvia Pitcher/Redferns)

    On This Day in 1932, the Singer-Songwriter Known as the “Cajun Hank Williams” Was Born

    April 14, 2026, 9:41 am

  • The Band Paul Simon Saw as “The Soil of American Culture”

    The Band Paul Simon Saw as “The Soil of American Culture”

    April 14, 2026, 9:30 am

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