The evocative sounds of Donna Summer songs are instantly recognizable. While her music was decidedly disco in tempo, her groundbreaking use of synthesizers set her sound apart and set the stage for a ...

When rocker Eddie Cochran released “Summertime Blues” in August 1958, the concept of “the song of summer” was born. It had a catchy melody with a chugging beat and lyrics that anyone whose summer wasn ...

Songs I Wish I Wrote is a monthly column that assembles new and old songs for Ohio State’s music lovers. Click here to listen to the “Songs I Wish I Wrote: Odes to summer’s end” playlist on Spotify.

In his autobiography, Elvis Costello wrote that the popular idea of him early on as an angry man was just a trick of physiology. He wrote: “It seems that the space between my two front teeth, which ...