Everybody loves power ballads, whether or not they admit it. There’s just something about a rock band slowing things down and cranking up the emotion. For generations, the force of power ballads has ...

It’s not uncommon to find modern chart-toppers like Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran, and Taylor Swift regularly smashing the billion-views ceiling on YouTube. Rock videos seem to have a harder time reaching ...

It's fun to mock the barrage of '80s rock ballads that came out of the rock and hair metal scene that decade, but as much as we'd like to pretend that upbeat anthems brought everyone out to the big ...

Radwimps is a Japanese rock band known for their unique sound, blending rock, pop, and electronic music. “Sparkle” is a beautiful and emotional song by Radwimps, featured in the anime film “Your Name.

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The odds-on favorite to win best original song at this year’s Academy Awards is “Shallow,” the Bradley Cooper-Lady Gaga duet that serves as the refrain of Cooper’s Warner Bros. remake of A Star Is ...