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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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  • ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - MAY 8: Elton John performs on stage at Ahoy on 8th May 1982 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Rob Verhorst/Redferns)

    Looking Back at Elton John’s Biggest Single During the Non-Taupin Years

    April 30, 2026, 6:30 am

  • GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JUNE 28: Guitarist Angus Young of the Australian band AC/DC performs at at Hampden Park National Stadium on June 28, 2015 in Glasgow, United Kingdom (Photo by Ross Gilmore/Redferns via Getty Images)

    3 Songs To Learn if You Want To Start a Hard Rock Band

    April 30, 2026, 6:00 am

  • Singer, actress choreographer and dancer Toni Basil performs on an episode of American Bandstand that aired on November 13, 1982 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Wolfson/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

    3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1980s That Found Success Over a Year After They Hit the Airwaves

  • Remembering When The Band Released Their Ultimate Live Album With the Help of a New Orleans Legend in 1972

    April 30, 2026, 5:00 am

  • Billy Joel Rarely Played This Hit for 25 Years Because It Was Too Painful

    Billy Joel Rarely Played This Hit for 25 Years Because It Was Too Painful

    April 29, 2026, 6:43 pm

  • Sawyer Brown, who made some great country songs for cruising backroads

    3 Country Classics That Feel Like a Backroad You’ve Driven a Hundred Times

    April 29, 2026, 5:48 pm

  • Wings performing in 1972

    Paul McCartney Was the Only One Who Thought This Track Should Be a Wings Single—Unsurprisingly, He Was Right

    April 29, 2026, 5:15 pm

  • On This Day in 1961, We Said Goodbye to Woody Guthrie’s Touring Partner and the Man Bob Dylan Called “One of the Great Unsung Heroes”

    On This Day in 1961, We Said Goodbye to Woody Guthrie’s Right-Hand Man, Who Bob Dylan Called “One of the Great Unsung Heroes”

    April 29, 2026, 4:48 pm

  • Willie Nelson

    Born in Texas on This Day 93 Years Ago, Country Music’s Elder Statesman, Outlaw Hero, and Songwriter Behind Timeless Hits

  • Alan Jackson

    35 Years Ago, Alan Jackson Released a Song That Turned a Bar Gig Into a 3-Week No. 1

    April 29, 2026, 2:43 pm

  • Released on This Day in 1997, the Lynyrd Skynyrd Album That Honored the Band’s Journey “Through Hell and Back”

    Released on This Day in 1997, the Lynyrd Skynyrd Album That Honored the Band’s Journey “Through Hell and Back”

    April 29, 2026, 2:11 pm

  • Dolly Parton, one of country music's greatest living songwriters.

    The 6 Greatest Living Songwriters in Country Music

    April 29, 2026, 1:58 pm

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