Belt it out, set it free and put your lighters in the air my babies, let’s talk power ballads. Whether lamenting love gone wrong or celebrating life in all its failures and majesties, roses and thorns ...

Look, man, I get it. Power ballads are cheesy, sappy, and outright lame, right? At least, that’s what we say when our metalhead friends are around. Like you, there’s no way I have ever in my life ...

Everybody loves power ballads, whether or not they admit it. There’s just something about a rock band slowing things down and cranking up the emotion. For generations, the force of power ballads has ...

This is the song that started it all. In 1980, then-unknown New Jersey songwriter Jon Bongiovi recorded a rough version of this song at his cousin’s studio in Manhattan. He recorded it again two years ...

They’re majestic, often misunderstood, and undeniably awesome - but to most of us, they’re known as power ballads. Any list of killer power ballads has to include some absolute titans of the genre. We ...

If we’re being completely honest, power ballads are responsible for some of the most resonant music-listening experiences in the entire world. They’re a beautiful blend of sentiment and obviousness, a ...

Music in the 1980s was distinct. While artists today seem to borrow from the gamut of music history, musicians in the ’80s were doing their own thing, carving out a unique sound that couldn’t be ...

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has dated the John Carney directed Power Ballad starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas for June 5, 2026. In ...

If you are a fan of the excellent Max “dockumentary” called “Yacht Rock,” a look without condescension at a genre of music mastered by the likes of Michael McDonald, Toto and Christopher Cross, let me ...

If you’re “motorin'” around the Beltway this weekend, you might hear power ballads echoing across Tysons, Virginia. Night Ranger will rock Capital One Hall on Friday, July 7 as part of the band’s 40th ...