Nancy Johnson is the American Songwriter Spring Breakup Lyric Contest Promotion winner with her song “Birthday Cake For Breakfast.” American Songwriter caught up with her to get the story behind the ...

Because you're such a good listener, I want you to hear your request on the radio. Listen for songs about listening or hearing. Hear your requests weekdays after 9 a.m. Today's set: The Beatles "Do ...

Jamie Lee Curtis didn’t hesitate when director Gia Coppola asked her to be in her drama, “The Last Showgirl.” “The truth is I wanted to be in this because it was called ‘The Last Showgirl’ and Pamela ...

"I am just a product of that same reality," Curtis told the audience at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. "We had never seen it, so we're sharing that moment with you," Curtis told the ...

Songwriters, longtime listeners, newcomers, and possibly a gang of neighborly ghosts pack Austin’s iconic Cactus Cafe. While members of this eclectic group gather as strangers, they all share one ...

Being Dead are ostensibly an indie trio from Austin, Texas, but that description doesn’t really do justice to their smörgåsbord sound. Their default setting seems to be Trashmen “Surfin’ Bird” (just ...

The last song the late John Prine recorded in a studio was a cover of Nanci Griffith’s “Love at the Five and Dime,” with Kelsey Waldon. It was one of the first tracks laid down for a Griffith tribute ...

My favorite Shakespeare play is A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the ultimate rom-com, bathed throughout in the magical silvery glow of the moon. Isaac Asimov calls it the Bard’s most “moon-drenched play, a ...

WUSB’s Sunday Street series returns to the Long Island Museum’s Gillespie Room in the Carriage Museum, 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook on Sunday, Oct. 23 with a concert titled Nanci & Townes: Remembering ...

Nanci Griffith's death last year at age 68 was a sad day for Austin. Though Griffith had lived in Nashville since the 1980s, she grew up here and started her career at songwriter-friendly local music ...

The late Nanci Griffith made many appearances at The Ark and at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival between 1985-2013. This weekend the venue pays honors to the singer-songwriter, who died last Aug. 13 at the ...