Thom Yorke doesn't believe he's the best songwriter but things this other lyricist is a total "genius", crediting for inspiring his whole musical career.

Appropriately enough, Wednesday night's benefit tribute concert at New York's Carnegie Hall in honor of pioneering musician, author and icon Patti Smith began with a poem. Not just any poem: It was ...

If there's ever going to be a Michael Stipe biopic, Michael Shannon has aced the unofficial audition. Since last year, the Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-nominated actor has taken on an interesting new ...

There were also recitations of Patti’s poetry and other writing from Michael Shannon, Sean Penn, Scarlett Johansson, and Jim Jarmusch. At the end of the night, Patti herself came out and recited ...

The original members of R.E.M., including Michael Stipe, briefly took the stage for a surprise appearance. They joined the set of Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy, who performed their R.E.M ...

Stipe has said that the band "will never reunite." Shannon told the Southerner that he and lead singer Michael Stipe had lunch together before Shannon’s performance in the band’s hometown of ...

Many popular rock songs have strange or bizarre lyrics, but few manage to make them totally work for their music.

In short, could we somehow just make REM reform. “It’s for your own good lads,” we’d tell them, “Just get back up on that stage. You’ll be happy up there. It’s where you belong.” Imagine the planet’s ...

Credit: Taylor Hill/Getty Images Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe, Johnny Depp, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O were among the stars who gathered in New York's iconic Carnegie Hall last night ...

Smith’s longtime friends and collaborators gave particularly striking performances, such at Michael Stipe’s rendition of “My Blakean Year” alongside her tried and true backing band of Tony ...

And over the course of the next two-odd hours, those songs did indeed travel, carried by Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe, Karen O, Scarlett Johansen, Sean Penn, Kim Gordon, Maggie Rogers ...