Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and an Irish song tradition inspired Paul McCartney on The Beatles‘ “I Saw Her Standing There.” Paul used many of his literary and musical favorites in his songs. In The Lyrics ...

In the perfect blend of high-brow and low-brow, a delightful new Tumblr is taking Top 40 hits and rewriting them as sonnets.

John Lewis have unveiled their Christmas advert for 2024, and with it the featured song – Richard Ashcroft’s acoustic recording of “Sonnet”, the 1998 single by his band The Verve. This year’s feature ...

Dig Deep Theatre and Santa Clarita Shakespeare present a one-night benefit performance of excerpts from Jose Rivera’s Sonnets for an Old Century to raise money for LA fire relief -- at The MAIN in ...

Shakespeare Sonnet 147 set to music, originally from the 1957 album "Such Sweet Thunder," Strayhorn & Ellington. This modern rendition, only bass and voice, is open and melancholic, emphasising the ...