There’s something about a rock ballad that stirs feelings of nostalgia even when the lyrics aren’t particularly wistful.

Music in the 1980s was distinct. While artists today seem to borrow from the gamut of music history, musicians in the ’80s were doing their own thing, carving out a unique sound that couldn’t be ...

Everybody loves power ballads, whether or not they admit it. There’s just something about a rock band slowing things down and cranking up the emotion. For generations, the force of power ballads has ...

Ah, love songs. They’re sappy, sweet and heard in abundance this time of year, the month of love. From ’80s power ballads to slow R&B jams, people find meaning in all types of tunes, and we set out to ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Few songs merit the term ‘power ballad’ quite as emphatically as Total Eclipse Of The Heart, the 1983 mega-hit for Welsh singer, Bonnie Tyler, which shot to No.1 in the UK, US and all across the world ...

'80s Band Legend, 73, Nails Famous Power Ballad at Recent Concert: 'Sings Like an Angel' originally appeared on Parade. Some voices are simply timeless, and Kevin Cronin just proved that beautiful ...