American Songwriter

Grammys Revisited: Who Deserved the 1986 Album of the Year?

Phil Collins won the 1986 Album of the Year title at the Grammys. We look back and decide if that was the right choice.

Dodger pitcher Roki Sasaki’s walkout music, “Báilalo Rocky,” is the Latin hit of the fall

Sasaki’s walkout music has taken on a life of its own, in part because of the only-in-L.A. culture clash that has a ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1934, the Songwriter Whose Three Failed Marriages Helped Inspire a George Strait Classic—Co-Written With His Fourth Wife

Ninety-one years ago today, a songwriter responsible for decades of hits from country's biggest names was born in Texas.

Mark Knopfler looks back on Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits’ “sheer fluke” that made him a reluctant superstar

Brothers In Arms reinvented Knopfler and gave him more fame than he could handle. 40 years on, in a rare interview, the band ...
Country Life

Dire Straits' bassist John Illsley reveals why he swapped the recording studio for the art studio — and his consuming passions

John Illsley rose to fame as the bassist of the Dire Straits, but nowadays you're more likely to find him in an art studio.