Indiana author Rebecca Kai Dotlich writes about how a childhood spent collecting lyrics and words sparked her love of poetry.

Let’s take a line-by-line tour of the history and meaning behind the lyrics. Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort ...

Experts analysed 12,000 rap, country, pop, R&B and rock songs since 1980 They say musicians have largely abandoned the lyrical poetry of all-time greats They really don't make music like they used ...