Learn how to play some of the most iconic rock ballad intros from the 80s on guitar. These memorable openings helped define ...

There’s something about a rock ballad that stirs feelings of nostalgia even when the lyrics aren’t particularly wistful. The music of the 1980s arrived with heightened earnestness as the decade became ...

Power ballads might just be the perfect type of songs to listen to if you want a hefty dose of anthemic, emotional lyrics, with enough rock elements to jam out to. In 1981, power ballads were all the ...

Grab some tissues because Cynthia Erivo is about to make you cry. Again. For the upcoming documentary, John Candy: I Like Me, the three-time Oscar nominee has recorded a stripped-down and powerful ...

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 ...