John Prine wrote the lyrics to “Hello In There” while delivering the mail on his postman route. Later, he found the chords and melody to go along with the words. John Legend prefers to write the ...

The Beatles didn’t need Ringo Starr to be a songwriter. Paul McCartney and John Lennon took up those duties early in the band’s career. George Harrison grew his writing skills. Not being relied upon ...

Speech and music are highly complex forms of communication that are mostly unique to humans. How our brains distinguish both at once when they are blended together in songs has been a mystery – until ...