Although Measure for Measure is often referred to as Shakespeare’s problem play, its translation into a musical set in Soho in the 1960s feels – perhaps surprisingly – right. Desperate Measures looks ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Who would have thought in 1981 that the influence of soft-rock kings Chicago would still be felt in 2003? In interviews, twenty-four-year-old Clay Aiken cites Chicago singer Peter Cetera as a vocal ...