Warner Music's longtime communications officer James Steven is stepping down from his post — read his farewell letter here.

Rare recordings of E.E. Cummings, Mary Oliver and more offer a tour through literary history led by authors in their own ...

For example, Remini could have lost her part to another sitcom star, and Jerry Stiller almost didn’t play her onscreen father.

Maynard James Keenan’s list is where you are taken on a trip to the ‘80s goth-dance underground. So much so, you can smell ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. “When I get to heaven I mean to spend a considerable portion of my first million years in ...

It’s the first chords of “Pachelbel’s Canon” that get me. Not the version you’ve heard at half the weddings you've gone to since you were old enough to attend one. I’m talking about the one played by ...

With a sublime, almost oak tree-like voice, rising Seattle songwriter Arthur James has penned and recorded an emotional ode to his cat. And today, American Songwriter is proud to premiere that new ...

Presidential history keeps a fixed guest list, and no matter how successful I get, I’m only allowed to invite certain names—Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Jackson, the Roosevelts, Kennedy, Reagan.

Arthur James Keller, 81, of Palm Springs, California died of cardiac arrest in Bar Harbor, Maine, his summer home, on October 20, 2025. A man of quiet modesty and gentle goodness, Arthur was an ...

Arthur James Hackett, 99, passed away on May 21, 2025, of natural causes. Art was a Navy veteran, a professor and dean at SUNY Westchester Community College for 38 years, and active in both the ...