Ballads did very well on the pop charts in 1986. In fact, these four outstanding slow ones went all the way to No. 1.

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 ...

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 ...

Kim Geon-mo, in his 33rd year; Shin Seung-hoon, in his 35th year; Lim Jae-bum, in his 40th year... The major topic in the domestic music industry this second half of the year is the 'return of popular ...