American Songwriter

The Doors Once Got Fired From a Residency at Whisky a Go Go (And the Song That Sealed Their Fate Became Legendary)

The Doors once had a residency at the famed nightclub Whisky a Go Go. They got the boot for a song that would later become a ...

Phoebe Bridgers’ Madison Square Garden Return Was Unforgettable

Phoebe Bridgers played seven new songs at New York's Madison Square Garden. See the setlist and read our review of an ...

Five songs from the 1960s that stirred up huge controversy in the US

People are supposedly more offended these days than ever before, but a quick look at the lightning rod pop songs of the 1960s ...

Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson’s past controversial remarks resurface after halting patriotic chant

Chris Robinson sparked backlash after shutting down a "U.S.A." chant at a Black Crowes concert in Tampa. Now, his past ...
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Richard Pryor's daughter studies the N-word — a word he used, then disavowed

Historian Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor spent years researching the racial slur, but never revealed that her father was the ...