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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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  • Paul McCartney of English rock and pop group The Beatles tunes up his Hofner 500/1 violin bass guitar on stage during rehearsals for the ABC Television music television show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' Summer Spin at Teddington Studios in London on 11th July 1964. The band would go on to play four songs on the show, A Hard Day's Night, Long Tall Sally, Things We Said Today and You Can't Do That. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)

    3 Classic Rock Bassists Who Could Sing as Well as They Laid Down the Groove

    April 27, 2026, 2:52 pm

  • Kenny Rogers

    On This Day in 1980, Kenny Rogers Was in the Middle of a 25-Week Run at No. 1 With an Album That Contained an Iconic No. 1 Single

    April 27, 2026, 1:56 pm

  • Remember When Iggy Pop Nearly Joined AC/DC in 1980, Following Death of Bon Scott?

  • Johnny Cash Wrote This Song To Alleviate His Wife’s Fears of Infidelity

    Johnny Cash Wrote This Song To Alleviate His Wife’s Fears of Infidelity

    April 27, 2026, 12:00 pm

  • NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 7: Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash perform together with acoustic guitars on 'The Johnny Cash Show' on June 7, 1969 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

    3 Duets From Classic Rock’s Golden Era of the 1960s That Still Give Us Chills Today

    April 27, 2026, 11:53 am

  • On This Day in 1970, Tammy Wynette Released the Heartbreaking Second No. 1 Album of Her Career

    56 Years Ago Today, the “First Lady of Country Music” Released the Heartbreaking Second No. 1 Album of Her Career

    April 27, 2026, 11:48 am

  • Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel performing

    Remember When Simon & Garfunkel Won Five Grammys for This Iconic 1970 Song?

    April 27, 2026, 11:30 am

  • Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt

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    On This Day in 1976, Dolly Parton Introduced Country Music to a Supergroup That Would Release a Platinum Debut Album a Decade Later

    April 27, 2026, 11:25 am

  • 3 Country Songs That Made People Fall in Love With Country Music

    3 Songs That Made People Fall in Love With Country Music

  • 3 Times Iconic Songwriting Duos Split up and Why

    April 27, 2026, 10:30 am

  • SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 1 -- Pictured: Musical guest John Cougar performs on October 8, 1983 -- (Photo by: Alan Singer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

    3 Songs From the 1980s With Vocal Tracks and Lyrics That I Still Don’t Understand to This Day

    April 27, 2026, 10:19 am

  • Neal Diamond Says God Helped Him Write This Song, Inspired by a Politician’s Daughter

    Neil Diamond Says God Helped Him Write This Song, Inspired by a Politician’s Daughter

    April 27, 2026, 10:00 am

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