Phoenix New Times readers got hit with plenty of bad news from the Valley’s music scene in 2025. This year, they said goodbye ...

Paul McCartney became one of the most successful musicians of all time without the ability to read or write music. He’s not alone in this — many popular artists can’t read or write music, including ...

Reading music might seem like a rather crucial part of being a musician, but it’s not as important as one might assume. In fact, some of your favorite musicians likely don’t know how to read music, ...

An old religiously inspired songbook that uses shape notes for people who can't read music got a major update and is attracting younger singers. Hundreds of singers from all over the world gathered in ...

For years, fans of Taylor Swift have speculated about the extent of her musical abilities, often focusing on the question of whether or not the extraordinarily popular singer-songwriter can read music ...

You don’t need to be able to read sheet music to be a musical genius. It can’t hurt, but if the long list of influential musicians who couldn’t read a note of music is anything to go by, it’s not ...

Reading an autobiography is one of the best ways to get a deeper understanding of your favorite artists, their creative processes and the path that led them to stardom. From Johnny Cash to Michelle ...

See if you can decipher this twisted tune. In Tune Twist, we run the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translate them back into English. Here's a hint: This song comes from a 2004 ...

See if you can decipher this twisted tune. In Tune Twist, we run the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translate them back into English. Here's a hint: The song came from the ...