Editor’s note: This is an updated version of a story that originally ran in 2017. Across the last century of recorded music, New Jersey has been at the forefront of just about every movement and trend ...
Detroit PBS’ “Best of Concert of Colors” features a performance by “WAR.” A performance by funk, soul and rock band “WAR” was featured in Detroit PBS’ “Best of Concert of Colors.” It is part of a ...
Occasionally, when a song hits perfectly, all you want to do is play it over and over again. I’m certainly guilty of doing it. And if you were a teenager in the 60s, there’s a good chance that a few ...
Below, we’ve picked our ‘Big 4’ of ‘60s Los Angeles bands. It wasn’t an easy decision, with honorable mentions going to the Byrds, Love, the Mamas & the Papas and Frank Zappa 's Mothers of Invention.
Singer LaMonte McLemore, a founding member of vocal group The 5th Dimension, whose smooth pop and soul sounds with a touch of psychedelia brought them big hits in the 1960s and ’70s, has died. He was ...
The double A-side single marked a turning point in pop music history.
As K-Pop slowly takes over the whole world, linguists have noticed it's changing the way people speak in multiple countries. Otherwords is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...
In 2008, Rolling Stone put together a list of the "100 greatest singers of all time." The lineup was mighty.' At the 100th spot was Mary J. Blige, who was asked to say a few words about the woman at ...
It may feel inevitable, but that doesn't make it any less earned. The Beatles have officially been named the Best Rock Band of All Time, according to Billboard. The title is as well-earned as it is ...