Sometimes, you just need to crank up those old rock tunes and let yourself feel all the feels. The ‘80s were a golden era for ...

There’s something about a rock ballad that stirs feelings of nostalgia even when the lyrics aren’t particularly wistful.

Everybody loves power ballads, whether or not they admit it. There’s just something about a rock band slowing things down and cranking up the emotion. For generations, the force of power ballads has ...

Was her love of this No. 1 hit a sign of things to come?

Written as a love song, Sweet Child O’ Mine evolved into Guns N’ Roses’ most iconic ballad and a defining masterpiece of rock ...

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 ...

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 ...