In a move to expand diverse voices in the romance novel industry, writer Bobby Smith Jr. (Jason’s Lyric) and bestselling Black romance author Brenda Jackson have teamed to launch a film and television ...

My biggest hits have been romantic ballads or mid-tempo songs. So, I’m not the stereotypical writer who writes all of the time. I’m not afraid to write a ballad! And, I don’t think you should be ...

As the Donmar Warehouse’s “Sondheim at 80” festival reaches its zenith this Sunday with the West End concert presentation of Company, here are some thoughts from the octogenarian Stephen Sondheim ...

Lyrics are often compared to poetry. Are they a form of "the poetic art?" Are they less "artistic?" Poetry has a romantic aura to it, whereas lyric writing seems rather plebeian (to borrow a word from ...

In Part 5 of this series, Jimmy Webb chose “A Song In My Heart” by Rodgers & Hart as his choice of a truly great song. He spoke of how Larry Hart, who was Richard Rodgers first lyricist before teaming ...

One of the defining elements of Atonement is the pain and suffering Leach exorcised in his lyrics and how his lyrical message has evolved since his early days in Killswitch. For the singer, pain and ...

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Bundesliga club St. Pauli is grappling with a decision on whether to continue playing its traditional stadium hymn following recent allegations of the lyric-writer’s links to ...