Fleetwood Mac's most beautiful song proved Christine McVie was their greatest songwriter

Christine McVie's heartfelt songwriting made her Fleetwood Mac's emotional core, reaching its peak with the timeless classic ...

“In 20 minutes this song almost wrote itself”: Phil Collins and Philip Bailey’s classic ’80s hit

Another song that was inspired by chance was Easy Lover, the 1984 hit for Philip Bailey and Phil Collins, which came into being when legendary bassist Nathan East was noodling around on the piano at ...
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3 Iconic, Lyric-Heavy Songs From Different Genres That Prove That Songwriting Simplicity Is Best

But the most beloved and enduring songs are often sparse and simple. That’s the case for the three iconic songs below. These ...

How The Commodores' 1971 Hit 'Easy' Became a Top Guitar Solo of All Time

Before Lionel Ritchie broke away for a solo career, he helped The Commodores deliver a number of their greatest hits like Just to Be Close to You and Three Times a Lady. Arguably the band's biggest ...

Linda Ronstadt's 40 best songs of all time, ranked. Her greatest hits

From "Long Long Time" and "Blue Bayou" to her hit duets with Aaron Neville, these are the 40 best Linda Ronstadt songs for ...

CeCe Winans Revisits the Simple Power of Worship Music

Best known for contemporary stylings of praise music that topped charts across genres, this singer’s new album of pared-down ...

“It has a reputation for being a big, dumb, four-chord song”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Oasis’s Wonderwall

We put Wonderwall under the musical microscope and explore how the song became a standard for beginner guitarists ...