Pitching Isabella/Isobel can be difficult: the poor girl goes through so much over the course of the play! Musically, Desperate Measures is a gift for its actors. We're given such a vast range of ...

As the world again mourned the loss of a pioneering talent—Aretha Franklin, who died in August—PW was readying our annual look at the season’s music books. In a bittersweet note of timing, a portrait ...

Videos by American Songwriter Friends and Foes of Creativity -– The Medium is the Menace Back in the ’60s, decoding the cryptic sayings of social critic Marshall McLuhan was a popular parlor game, ...

Creativity – the muse – is a bit of a troublemaker. If she likes you, you’re in heaven. If she doesn’t, you’re in hell. Every songwriter who has ever faced a blank page knows all about her capricious ...