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 ...

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 ...

When music fans think about the genre of classic rock, often the big and bombastic comes to mind. Giant stacks of speakers exploding. Guitars and drum kits smashed on stage. Instruments ablaze. Hotel ...

Some of the hardest rock acts of all time are known for their slower, more melodic ballad work. But they still keep the volume at a respectable level. Here's out list of 25 great power ballads. And, ...

Roy Orbison’s great voice was powered by loneliness. It projected both beauty and darkness from the soft-spoken singer. K.D. Lang once described it as a “powerful, high, flowing, liquid voice.” She ...