The '60s were a pivotal time for music. The decade began with poppy girl groups and crooners and went on to create what we now know as classic rock. And of course, no discussion of the time is ...

Since this Sunday is Valentine's Day, my wife suggested I do a Valentine's Day "Acoustic Sunday" ("Acoustic Sunday" is my radio show) full of love songs. I told her, with tongue in cheek, I wasn't ...

There’s only one thing that beats a good country music marathon—and that’s one exclusive to country love songs. The genre certainly bares no shortage of gushy lyrics set to twangy, guitar-picked tunes ...

The straight-laced 1950s weren’t known for their flourishing gay culture. The Lavender Scare was forcing queer people out of their jobs in droves, homosexuality was still considered a mental illness, ...

Not all love songs are romantic. Not all love songs are even happy. It all depends on your definition of the term. For every “My Girl” or “Your Song,” there’s at least one track with a nuanced take on ...

Let’s be honest: Love songs always hit right in the feels. A ballad can transform from a regular song into the soundtrack of your relationship—whether you’re celebrating your 25th anniversary or just ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Rock historian Ed Ward remembers the sound of San Francisco in the '60s, from the early days of countercultural upheaval through the Summer of Love in 1967. It's all lavishly documented in Love is the ...