From the moment she saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, Nancy Wilson knew the guitar was the key to her future. A decade later she and her sister Ann stormed the stage as Heart and landed a blow for female equality in a rock and roll world.
Stephen Stills shares his passion for songwriting and approach to the guitar in this interview from Performing Songwriter’s archives.
Excerpts from a 2000 interview with Lou Reed about his life and songs.
An archived interview with Dan Fogelberg where he tells the stories behind some of his songs.
An archived interview with J.J. Cale from his home in Southern California, when the then-70-year-old talked about guitars, songwriting and why he decided early on to avoid the limelight.
Bruce Hornsby, a mind-boggling piano virtuoso who runs the gamut stylistically from jazz to bluegrass, didn’t actually start playing the keyboard until he was about 17 years old.
Excepts from a Performing Songwriter interview with Lyle Lovett where he discusses his songs and approach to writing.
It seems the word “genius” is bandied about far too often, but when you’re talking about Ray Charles, no other word will do. As a pianist, singer, songwriter, arranger and band leader, Charles almost single-handedly invented modern R&B music.
Thoughts shared by artists and songwriters a few days after 9/11 as they made their way through their own fears and questions.
These aren’t your garden variety rock managers. They are the bigger than life, Svengali-meets-Al Capone figures. Here we look at Elvis Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Ever since the first commercial movies flickered onto screens in the early 1900s, composers have been bringing the audience right in the scene with the characters.
Excerpts from a 1994 interview with Sheryl Crow as she was just starting out on a storied career with the release of Tuesday Night Music Club.
