In our cover story with the legend Garth Brooks, he told American Songwriter how important James Taylor was to him while growing up. Brooks, who was raised in both a music-loving and at ...

Listening to Bruce Springsteen’s music, you can tell that he gets a lot of inspiration from the things closest to his heart. He might have had a hungry heart to escape once, but Springsteen has always ...

There's something about rivers that gets the creative juices of songwriters flowing. "The word 'river' is definitely a metaphor for life and, as such, fits well in a song," says local ...

The Susquehanna River is a natural treasure worth preserving. Called “The Long Reach River” by the Native Americans who used it as their highway, the waterway runs 444 miles, from upstate New York to ...

Pink Floyd surprised fans with the release of The Endless River in 2014. Their final album – mainly harvested from a ...

MARQUETTE, Iowa - It was just before sunset on the Mississippi River, the day's last bits of golden light dancing on the water, when four members of the band Big Blue Sky picked up their instruments ...