In retrospect, I was enough of a smart-ass as a child that I might have been that little boy in Harlan Howard’s classic song “No Charge.” The song is about a boy who invoices his mother for his ...

Shirley Collins just doesn't sing old songs — she inhabits the experience within and transmutes them. She hears songs holistically, and out rings a voice that never overtakes, but rather lives with ...

“Shirley” star Regina King said jazz singer Samara Joy was her No. 1 pick as the artist to craft an original song for her Netflix film. That track ultimately became “Why I’m Here,” and it was LaKeith ...

Some classic rock songs have lyrics that are hard to decipher. For example, Shirley Manson doesn’t understand the meaning of one of Paul McCartney’s songs. Paul said “alternative thinking” inspired ...

The songs that Shirley Collins sings are like time capsules, each with vast histories waiting to be uncovered. Some have journeyed across decades, even centuries, shape-shifting and meeting each ...

No doubt you’ve heard the “Laverne & Shirley” theme song quite often this week, with the passing of the sitcom’s co-star, Penny Marshall on Dec. 17. At the beginning of each show Marshall, who played ...

Jina An and Shirley Song have accomplished much in their nine years of experience as composers in Hollywood. Both met at Berklee College of Music and are classically trained, innovating to whatever ...

Shirley Collins just doesn't sing old songs — she inhabits the experience within and transmutes them. She hears songs holistically, and out rings a voice that never overtakes, but rather lives with ...