Tennessean

Story Behind the Song: Jamey Johnson's 'In Color'

"And if it looks like we were scared to death/ Like a couple of kids just tryin' to save each other/ You should've seen it in color." Jamey Johnson's award-winning 2008 hit "In Color" — a song about ...
TheWrap

‘The Color Purple’: How Nova Wav’s New Song Kept the Broadway Beat

Denisia Andrews and Brittany Coney of Nova Wav at the Musicology GRAMMY Day Brunch in April 2022 (Photo by Sam Morris/Getty Images) As far back as Steven Spielberg’s 1985 adaptation of Alice Walker’s ...
TheWrap

‘Barbie’, ‘The Color Purple,’ and ‘Flora and Son’ Lead Shortlists for Best Original Song and Score Oscars

Apparently, three songs were Kenough for the Academy’s song branch, as the Greta Gerwig-directed juggernaut continues its hot streak in awards season. It became the first film since the shortlists ...
Variety

Oscar Music Shortlists Arrive: Yes to Multiple ‘Barbie’ and ‘Color Purple’ Song Submissions, but No to Bruce Springsteen, ‘Wonka’ and ‘Wish’

*NSYNC and Jack Black songs also missed the cut, while "Flora and Son" has two numbers on the songs shortlist. Oscar’s music branch has had its say, naming 15 original scores and 15 songs to its ...
The Conversation

Every song has a color – and an emotion – attached to it

Stephen Palmer receives funding from the National Science Foundation that has, in part, supported this research. Karen B Schloss does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...