American Songwriter

On This Day in 1970, Johnny Cash Defied Richard Nixon’s Song Requests During This Historic White House Performance

Johnny Cash refused to perform these "anti-black," "anti-hippie" songs during an April 17, 1970 concert at the White House.

The Guess Who's 1970 No. 1 Hit Medley Became a Timeless Classic Rock Anthem

Fifty-five years ago, the Guess Who topped the charts with a song medley that would become one of their signature hits. The ...
American Songwriter

The “Cult” Behind The Kinks’ Massive Hit, “Waterloo Sunset”, and Why It Served the Song So Well

There was a subtle, cultish energy behind The Kinks' seminal hit "Waterloo Sunset", which is partially why it worked so well.
Smithsonian Magazine

Songkran Is Thailand’s Splashing New Year’s Festival, When Everyone Gets Out a Super Soaker and Prepares to Get Drenched

The memorable tradition has a deep cultural history rooted in Buddhism and increasing global notoriety for its rowdy water ...
Beyond Pesticides

Study Finds Three Billion Birds Lost Since 1970: “Early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of bird song”

(Beyond Pesticides, September 24, 2019) “Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where ...