Musical musings from journalists, authors and members of the Songfacts community

• Sending Out An SOS - Distress Signals In SongsSongs where something goes horribly wrong (literally or metaphorically), and help is needed right away.
• Intentionally AtrociousA selection of songs made to be terrible - some clearly achieved that goal.
• The End Of The Rock EraThere are no more rock stars - the last one died in 1994.
• Why The Grammys Matter More Than EverOnce dismissed as a clueless popularity contest, Grammys are now more coveted than ever.
• Sunniva Bondesson of BaskeryA balance of cats, dogs, and Neil Young shows up in the songs of Baskery, a sister act from Sweden.
• The Songfacts Top Ten of 2017The most-viewed Songfacts entries of 2017.
• Leslie MandokiGreg Lake, Chaka Khan, Ian Anderson, Steve Lukather, Jack Bruce and Peter Frampton have all played in his Soulmates supergroup.
• Vincent PoagDecades after putting his music career on hold, Poag revived it with help from YouTube and smaller radio stations.
• Nontraditional Versions Of Christmas SongsYou've heard Crosby and Como and Autry and Tormé, Louis and Ella and Judy and Bublé, but do you recall the most unique renditions of all?
• Gary Lucas and The World of Captain BeefheartA look at the life of Captain Beefheart from his longtime collaborator.