Celia Cruz is getting celebrated in the year that would have marked her 100th birthday, including a vinyl rerelease of 'Son ...
Given how many outstanding albums were released that year, how can any respectable music critic — well, me — claim it was an inferior year compared to 1972, 1973 or 1974? Those were the exact years ...
Ringo Starr talks about his new country album 'Look Up,' which pairs the Beatles drummer with T Bone Burnett, Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings, and more.
Here, we explore how the Steely Dan story perfectly aligns with that of The Beatles following their disastrous 1966 world tour.
Sam Moore, who sang 'Soul Man' and 'Hold On I'm Comin' as half of the '60s soul duo Sam & Dave, died Friday at 89.
The Beach Boys spearheaded a studio recording movement with their album 'Pet Sounds'. But Brian Wilson credits a later album ...
Lonnie Johnson’s ‘Blues & Ballads’ and Mississippi John Hurt’s ‘Today!’ are set to be reissued courtesy of Bluesville Records ...
When a songwriter is looking for inspiration for a new recording, sometimes the best thing to do is look to another for help.
The Beatles have four albums on the U.K. charts this week, as 1962-1996 and 1967-1970 (The Red Album and The Blue Album), ...
The foundation of this record is blues and psychedelic rock. However, songs like “Spoonful” featured stylistic choices that would later influence the heavy metal sound. Specifically, “Spoonful” ...
Back in the 1960s, the psych-rock period of the mid to late sixties was one of the most productive in rock history, with ...