Though rockers heard the call of the West Coast in the ’60s, it was the ’70s that put California rock into full swing. For ...

Long before Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson joined the Highwaymen, in 1985, the former outlaw covered several of his ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade's end, ...

Whether it was a puppet band singing Christmas songs to make money for gifts, a family trying to find out who’s killing off ...

As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force ...

Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven arrived on their 1971 album and grew into their biggest classic even though it was never ...

Their brilliant debut album First Utterance (1970) is highly recommended. A chilling, hypnotic blend of psych-folk and ...

It doesn't often come up in discussions of rock's greatest years, but this '70s year saw defining statements from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and more ...

The roots of the Thin Lizzy story go back to the mid-1960s, where two school pals, Philip Lynott – the illegitimate son of a ...

The numbers are in. As Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller” jumps from Number 32 to Number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 following Halloween, the King of Pop has posthumously made chart history. On Monday, ...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opened "Muscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising" which delves into the musical magic made ...

The recruitment, in 1971, of a new manager, however, led to a deal with Decca and the band’s first trip to London where they recorded their self-titled debut, again reflecting Phil’s love of “the ole ...