Alyssa Monas sits before a half-dozen toddlers, clutching a steady old friend, the $150 acoustic guitar her mother bought for her on a cable shopping network ages ago. “Good morning, friends,” Monas ...

Note: This is an occasional series on a single song composed by an American songwriter. Whether you grew up in a happy home or a hotbed of dysfunction, feelings and memories concerning family are ...

“I don't know of a more uttered or whispered phrase from a mother of any age, about her child of any age, than 'It's going by too fast,’” contemporary Christian singer and songwriter Nichole Nordeman ...

I was born and raised between constant hugs and kisses, some scolding, and many songs. Some of my first and most beloved memories, those that have marked me most, are musical and projected in the ...