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First Light needs a theme song, and there's a chance that James Bond's return may have Lana Del Rey reporting for singing ...

For the small cult-like fan group who follows the satirical singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer, the title of a delightful local live show based on his work may cause some confusion. "Tom ...

Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, ...

A choir teacher was exasperated with hearing slang like “67” in her middle school classroom. Rather than ban it, she asked her students to write and perform a song about it. “Some teachers get ...

Taylor Swift fans are still debating the meaning behind her new song “Ruin the Friendship” from her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl. Instead, fans were given an emotional and heartfelt ballad ...

She sings various suggestive phrases on “Wood,” including references to a “Redwood tree” and “new heights of manhood.” “New Heights,” of course, is the name of Kelce’s sports podcast he cohosts with ...

If Zach Bryan was hoping to have a quiet autumn, especially after his ongoing feud with country act Gavin Adcock, he’s out of luck. Bryan has once again found himself in the middle of the culture wars ...

Country music star Zach Bryan is speaking out after excerpts of a new song, in which he appears to criticize immigration enforcement agents, sparked uproar. In a statement posted to his Instagram ...

Taylor Swift has declared her fiancé Travis Kelce’s “manhood” something worth dedicating a song to with her new song “Wood.” Featured on her 12th studio album out Friday, Swift sings that her beau ...

Did Taylor Swift make a few digs at Travis Kelce’s ex on her new album? Swifties sure think so. After the “Life of a Showgirl” was officially released Friday, fans took to social media to comment on ...

[Editor’s Note: After this article was published, Bryan shared via an Instagram story that his song snippet has been “misconstrued” and that he is “on neither of these radical sides.” To me, he just ...