Not sure what it says that my favorite young performers are kinda mopey, a bit melodramatic, maybe even Goth, if that’s still a thing, but I dig that new Billie Eilish James Bond song, even ...

Simple songs rarely start that way. Hours if not years of craft and hard work can create 3 1/2 minutes of magic. ... Reach Tusk Editor Mark Hughes Cobb at mark.cobb@tuscaloosanews.com.

Since I first started trying to write songs, about age 13, I've envied those with the heartstring-quick-cut knack. I've queried songwriters from Vernon's own Dan Penn ("The Dark End of the Street ...

Tension temporarily broken, he moves on and, spoiler again, completes one of the songs so much-loved that Frank Sinatra, in covering it, frequently tried to credit it to Lennon and McCartney.

Songs are love, as I shared with an embittered pal one night, while Rowbear and I played an acoustic gig, even if gone wrong. Folks won't bother building around things that don't cut deep ...

Songs in harmony may sound fragile, despite actual tensile strength. The whole depends on independence, on each voice delivering without faltering, whether in support or to lead.

It was a rough assemblage from songs I tried to write as an actual teen, but with structural knowledge, and years of hearing words as I typed them. It's called "Sidekick," and you'll hear it at 7 ...

From left, Robert Huffman, Tommy Sorrells, Steve Wallace, Ken Adams and Mark Hughes Cobb. Photo by Frannie James. The sad-happy resonates with work in theater, something I'd barely begun when the ...

Simple songs rarely start that way. Hours if not years of craft and hard work can create 3 1/2 minutes of magic. Bubbles up: The joy of simple songs' magic should always be enough | MARK HUGHES COBB ...

Tension temporarily broken, he moves on and, spoiler again, completes one of the songs so much-loved that Frank Sinatra, in covering it, frequently tried to credit it to Lennon and McCartney.

Tension temporarily broken, he moves on and, spoiler again, completes one of the songs so much-loved that Frank Sinatra, in covering it, frequently tried to credit it to Lennon and McCartney.