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November/December 2025 Issue: How Music is Navigating AI

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On This Day in 1973, This Tragically Short-Lived Singer-Songwriter Scored His Second No. 1 Hit of the Year Posthumously

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The Early ’90s Sting Ballad That Paul McCartney Said He “Should Have Written”

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4 Songs From 1974 That Inspire Every Singer-Songwriter Alive Today

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3 Pivotal Songs That Ruined a Musician’s Relationship With (Some Of) Their Own Audience
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Lost on This Day in 2014, One of Nashville’s Greatest Country Producers and Songwriters of the 1980s

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These 4 Country Songs Came Out in 2016 and Are Among the Best Songs Ever Written

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The Pre-“Jolene” Ballad Dolly Parton Wrote to Husband Carl Dean About Her Past Lovers

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The Iconic No. 1 Hit That Came From a Cartoon Band (and No, It’s Not Gorillaz)

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3 Songs from the 1960s That Were Banned, Pulled, or Silenced—But Never Forgotten

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