It was a Very Bad Year for Music Lovers There are years that earn their own mythology. But 2016 arrived like a reckoning — a calendar year so brutal in its harvest of musical genius that it ...

For those of us who keep a foot firmly in the past, how fortunate to find John Ballantyne and Gus Noble, a couple of guys from Scotland, who are in the buoyant business of traveling back more than 50 ...

It isn't on any "best album of all time" lists, yet it's sold more than The Dark Side of the Moon, Purple Rain and Abbey Road combined. Why is the Eagles' 1976 LP so amazingly popular?

To mark St David's Day, here's a selection of big rock tunes from the Land Of Song: everyone from Bonnie Tyler to Jones The ...

For Qiana McNary, vocalist and leader of the eight-piece ensemble The McNary Experience, honoring Aretha Franklin felt like a natural, if daunting, choice ...

Bret Michaels of Poison says he's a 'baseball fanatic' who's thrilled to be playing Extra Innings Festival in Tempe 'for the ...

For nearly two decades, the “Happy Together” Tour has brought a lineup of 1960s and 1970s hitmakers back to stages across the country. In 2026, the nostalgia-driven summer package returns for its 17th ...

In a new music book released in December 2025, one of the most iconic songs of the 20th century has officially claimed the top spot. The book celebrates 100 landmark tracks spanning pop, rock, soul, ...

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 ...

Journey’s most famous anthem was a largely forgotten relic of the early 1980s, until it had a massive digital-age resurgence ...