The Twist – Chubby Checker The Twist turns a simple dance into a national obsession, spinning across living… The post 15 Hit ...

The 1960s offered a soundtrack for a decade of immense change, producing tunes that have managed to stick in our heads for decades. These songs are more than just oldies; they are cultural artifacts ...

The political climate in the U.S. continues to implode, particularly in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination. The controversial event illustrated how divided we’ve become as a nation, as some ...

Even if you love a song, overexposure can kill the joy you once received from it. Imagine you work in a space where you cannot control the playlist. Maybe you’re forced to listen to the radio, stuck ...

Country music, as a termed genre, more or less began back in the 1940s, inspired by countless American folk genres dating back to the 1920s or even earlier. By the time the 1960s rolled around, ...

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 ...

Generations of Yale alumni filled the home of Samuel Moyn, Grace Hopper’s head of college, to listen to the sounds of swing and bossa nova on Monday evening. The “Before Woodstock: Love Songs of the ...