American Songwriter may earn a commission when you purchase through our links. Some people are born knowing how to sing. Others learn in school or church. Others still go their whole lives wishing ...

For his role as country singer Jackson Maine in “A Star Is Born,” Bradley Cooper spent 20 hours a week training his voice. While it may be—to paraphrase the film’s lead song—hard keeping it so ...

San Diego, CA – Hoarseness, a common and widespread vocal health issue, is the chief complaint of patients in an inner city pediatric voice clinic. In a paper presented at the 2009 American Academy of ...

No matter the genre of singing, or where we’re from, our vocal exercises are meaningful. Zofia Majewski Opera singer Anthony Roth Costanzo describes his warm-up routine in seasonal terms: “It’s kind ...

Dr. Vladimir Zaytsev, an ENT specialist, indicates that hoarseness or loss of voice does not always occur due to a cold, but ...