When I was first hired to cover the Mississippi River basin for the Journal Sentinel in 2022, I knew I'd be spending a lot of time in the car driving along the river. And as anyone who spends a lot of ...

The famed “meeting of waters,” near the city of Manaus, Brazil. Rivers wind their way through American music. Beyond lyric and metaphor, what can physical rivers tell us about what makes a great song?

There's something about rivers that gets the creative juices of songwriters flowing. "The word 'river' is definitely a metaphor for life and, as such, fits well in a song," says local ...

The Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association is asking the public to put together playlists of favorite songs from nearly 60 submissions that the association collected from musicians in a wide range ...

"Virgin River" is all about the ambiance. The cozy romance transports viewers to a tight-knit community tucked away in the scenic town of Virgin River, but the sounds are just as important as the ...

Liz McBride is one of the six singer-songwriters in the Three Rivers Song Collective. A concert this week showcases six local singer-songwriters performing their original songs about Pittsburgh. There ...

Born June 13, 1970, Rivers Cuomo rose to fame in the early ’90s as the frontman of the alternative rock band Weezer. As a young person, Cuomo’s religious family moved often, traversing from Buddhist ...