As for Van Morrison, he begins one lyric found in “Lit Up Inside & Keep ’Er Lit: The Collected Lyrics” with “Rave on, John ...

If you’ve ever written a set of lyrics or a poem, you’ve probably imagined how it might sound as a song. But turning words ...

Songwriters have a natural gift for the spoken and sung word. It’s no surprise that legendary songwriters like Leonard Cohen had backgrounds in poetry and authorship. That being said, many songwriters ...

As the songwriter of legendary compositions like “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” and “Me and Bobby McGee,” Kris Kristofferson transformed lyrics into literature, ...

Upon the breakup of One Direction, Niall Horan took his solo music in a singer-songwriter direction. With half the storytelling tradition of country music and half the anthemic qualities of classic ...

Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in literature last year, renewing an old debate: Are pop lyrics poetry? (Lex Van Lieshout/European Pressphoto Agency) Michael Lindgren is a frequent contributor to The ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Take away the music and the melody of a song and you are left with just the words. WDRB's Keith Kaiser orchestrates a game of Lyrical Poetry. Each of the WDRB Mornings crew ...