Colin Meloy says that the idea for his new song came while watching a documentary on Slint's 1991 album Spiderland. For the Morning Edition Song Project, we've asked musicians to capture life in the ...

Colin Meloy, the frontman for the Decemberists, laughed when he was informed of a band listed under the influences header on the group’s Wikipedia page. Listed among contemporaries like The Postal ...

Each year, the Portland Art Museum’s PAM CUT/Center for an Untold Tomorrow bestows its Cinema Unbound Awards, which are intended to recognize “multi-disciplinary media artists at the forefront of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It sounds nothing, in fact, like the band from Portland, Oregon’s two previous records, each one rooted in American alt-folk-rock; ...

We've Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, ...

In his band, the Decemberists, songwriter Colin Meloy tells rich fantasy stories through songs that are often inspired by myths and the macabre. He’s brought the same sensibility to his children’s ...

Environment plays an underrated role in the songwriting process. Look around you at your surroundings in a given moment, and then start penning a song. Chances are, the end result will be unique to ...

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Whenever the Decemberists have released an album, Colin Meloy has wondered if it would be their last. Perhaps fans may have felt similarly after the release of their 2018 LP “I’ll Be Your Girl,” as ...

Cameron Crowe fans may know that the original title for his 2000 film Almost Famous was The Uncool and that’s the name of his upcoming memoir that details his journey from teen Rolling Stone writer in ...

Like a good pitcher who can do much more than just throw the fastball all the time, a great songwriter can attack with more than one weapon in their arsenal. They might make their mark with a certain ...