Bob Dylan’s new album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, is sold as two discs: nine songs on one CD and one song on the other. It wasn’t necessary to divide them up this way; all 10 songs will fit on a standard ...

The Long Song, a 3-part miniseries debuting on PBS’s Masterpiece on January 31, first aired on the BBC in late 2018, to much acclaim. Based on an award-winning novel, it revolves around the experience ...

Most songs you hear today run between three and five minutes, with even the most dramatic rock ballads rarely exceeding ten. But imagine pressing play on a song that lasts nearly six days straight.

Good things come to those who wait, or so the proverb says. And this maxim also applies to long songs. There are times, of course, when a terse pop song fits the moment—a quick sugar high when you ...

You can define the 1980s by many things, but restraint isn’t one of them. And in 1984, there were plenty of long songs to match culture’s commercial appetite. Pop music then felt more earnest, as ...