Arts and Entertainment

The rom-com "Yesterday" is set in a world in which the Beatles never existed. One of the gags in the film is that, because there were no Beatles, there was…

Though it's not as well known as "My Way" or "New York, New York," most people associate this song with Sinatra. Someone who loved and lost like Frank has a…

Even Joe Walsh fans tend to forget that after he left the James Gang and before he joined the Eagles, Walsh moved from Cleveland to Colorado, where he formed a…

This song has a complicated history because of its use as a rollerball in the culture wars, but it's interesting that the version that became a hit was never planned…

Same 3 songs. Every year. Can't improve on perfection:

This should be the national anthem, and I don't mean just the song itself but this rendition of it. Accept no substitutes. It is no accident that Charles starts with…

"Rocketman," the Elton John biopic/fantasy/jukebox musical, has generated only about one-tenth the box office, and even less of the buzz, of "Bohemian Rhapsody," but it has exceeded analyst expectations and…

I think of this song every time Donald Trump opens his mouth. It's been nine years since CeeLo Green (born Thomas DeCarlo Callaway), along with collaborators including Bruno Mars, wrote…

Another monster month, aided and abetted by some songs I'd missed that made NPR's best songs list for the first half of 2019. I'm cheating on this one, but it's…

In case you hadn't noticed, Laurel Canyon is having a moment, and it's not just the new Springsteen album. Jakob Dylan has put together a documentary called "Echo in the…

This isn't John Prine's most famous song, but it's the one that many of his fans -- including Bob Dylan -- consider his greatest. Unlike most of his story songs,…

Here's another song that, for reasons I can't fathom, has never been employed for its obvious calling as a TV commercial. It's Hoagiefest time at the region's favorite convenience store,…

"Hooked on a Feeling" had been a hit twice and been recorded by several artists before it hit No. 1 in America in 1974 with this version by a group…