By Adeel Hassan “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” the perennial ... no significant harmonic similarities between the songs, because the chord progressions and harmonic rhythms are “very ...

Louisiana songwriter Andy Stone, who professionally goes by Vince Vance, and Tennessee native Troy Powers claim they wrote their "All I Want For Christmas ... chord expressions." Vance alleged his ...

and Christmas tropes like ‘Santa Claus’ and ‘mistletoe,’ and a few unprotectable pitches and chords randomly scattered throughout these completely different songs.” The musicologists ...

Traditional band Kwan Pa has revealed that they had to stay indoors for three months when they first started. According to ...

The plaintiffs argued that their song’s title, chord progression ... defense’s argument that Carey’s 1994 hit uses common Christmas song elements that predate the plaintiffs’ work.

Stone and Powers' suit said their All I Want For Christmas Is You song contains a unique linguistic ... "It's hard to copyright a chord progression, for example," Dr Browning said.

Johnson describes Soon as a “pop break-up anthem”, while her previous single, Sunburn, is an indie-rock track that takes ...

a twice-weekly guide to new and old songs. Equal parts self-help, Elton John and secular gospel, “Carry On” puts robust piano chords and a choir behind Maren Morris as she works on finding the ...

Matt Berry’s Heard Noises coincided with the end of What We Do In The Shadows and his 50th birthday – making it the most ...

Citing analysis by a musicologist, the judge explained that while both tracks reference "commonplace Christmas song clichés", the chord progressions and harmonic rhythms are "very different".

The uber-glitzy classical music festival opens with performances by Franz Schubert Filharmonia and the Tokyo Philharmonic, ...

Alex Warren is on top of the world. Ordinary, a song he wrote for his wife Kouvr after their wedding last year, is at number ...