Recording artists are taking a larger role in the art direction of their albums. Turns out, creative people are creative in lots of ways. By Paul Grein As final-round Grammy voting opens on Friday ...

Have you ever picked up an album, stared at its cover, and thought that the art on the front might be better than the music on the actual record? It’s happened to all of us. Sometimes the art is just ...

There’s an important rule in life: Don’t judge a book by its cover. But no one said anything about albums! Yes, sometimes you can judge an album by its visual cover. From Miles Davis to Herb Albert to ...

Six months after she revealed the controversial cover art for her latest album, Man’s Best Friend, singer Sabrina Carpenter is finally opening up about her reasoning behind the choice. The album cover ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that surprised him, delighted him and stayed with him this year. A Book Review art director selects the book jackets that surprised him, delighted ...

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The first time an album cover won a Grammy, the trophy went to Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely. Now, a whole new crop of artists are vying for an honor that the Grammy Awards ditched in the ...