Because I use pop lyrics in my poems and review records for SPIN and elsewhere, people sometimes ask me whether I think of song lyrics as poetry. Looked at in certain ways, they obviously are; in ...

Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in literature last year, renewing an old debate: Are pop lyrics poetry? (Lex Van Lieshout/European Pressphoto Agency) Michael Lindgren is a frequent contributor to The ...

Poetry and song were originally the same art. In the ancient world, all poetry was sung or chanted. Indeed, it was often ...

Now almost 40 years old, rap burst out of the Bronx to become one of the dominant musical and cultural forces in this country. A new book, The Anthology of Rap, tracks the development of the genre -- ...

You made me happy,” sang Neka Nesha, a featured singer in the JMG House Band . “You stood right beside me, and I won’t forget ...

When it comes to the titular track on The Beatles’ parting effort, John Lennon was always strongly dismissive. Let It Be was ...

Young Thug’s legal team asked a judge to not allow song lyrics to be used as evidence in the YSL RICO trial. Young Thug’s lawyers filed a motion to prevent prosecutors from using his lyrics and ...

Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize has reignited the debate about whether song lyrics can ever be considered literature. Is it time to finally tear down these cultural barriers? Every now and then an esteemed ...