Each decade of pop music has its share of enduring hooks. Many songs are so catchy that they almost feel connected to nature. Like they’ve always been around. Yet the 1980s took the pop chorus to ...

Ahead of his 55th album, Manilow said modern pop is suffering from a lack of songwriters ...

Pop music and rock music overlap. At times, it can be hard to place a song in either category wholly. Unless you’re a rock purist, and then you have a definite line in the sand. Despite their ...

The tracks on Holo Boy are punchy, economical pop hooks in the tradition of bands such as Big Star and The Beach Boys. Each song introduces the main melodic idea within its first two seconds and doesn ...