The ambitious doom metal masterpiece almost never saw the light of day.

Pop radio has long operated on an unspoken rule: three minutes, maybe four, and you're done. Songs that stretch beyond that ...

Bob Dylan’s new album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, is sold as two discs: nine songs on one CD and one song on the other. It wasn’t necessary to divide them up this way; all 10 songs will fit on a standard ...

Long songs are not built for the don’t-bore-us-get-to-the-chorus crowd. Sure, concise pop hits have their place. The tight arrangements demand repeated plays for those left wanting more. But there is ...

For the past few Decembers, I’ve had a very silly but fun (for me at least) tradition on Twitter: Each and every day, I tweet a different lyric from “A Long December” by Counting Crows. I do this ...