American Songwriter

On This Day in 1971, a Song About a Blind Dad and His Homeless Family Band Took Merle Haggard to the Top of the Country Charts for a 10th Time

Outlaw country legend Merle Haggard scored the 10th No. 1 hit of his career on Nov. 29, 1971, with "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man.)" ...

Mark Mackay performs 'Old Songs, Old Trucks' live on 'Fox News @ Night'

Singer-songwriter Mark Mackay joins 'Fox News @ Night' to discuss homelessness in big cities, singing with Lara Trump and to ...
Metro Times

Collective Soul, Soul Asylum, and 3 Doors Down are headed, appropriately, to Freedom Hill

All aboard The Rock & Roll Express… tour. Sigh. Soul Asylum broke our hearts in ’92 with “Runaway Train,” a song about homeless youth. Collective Soul made it big in ’95 for a song about suicide. And ...

After deterring homeless people with ‘Baby Shark’ song, a barber offers free Thanksgiving trims

Downtown barber Shalom Styles, whose shop gained notoriety in May when the landlord blasted “Baby Shark” to deter homeless ...