“The sound of Chuck Berry’s guitar,” Angus said. “It’s everything rolled into one. It’s blues, it’s rock ’n’ roll, and it’s ...

What does Sufi music sound like today? It jams with blues, borrows from techno, drifts into Irish melody and sweeps through ...

The hard-to-categorize duo recorded its new, self-titled album surrounded by nature. It’ll be the band’s first on the storied Seattle label Sub Pop.

Music has a funny way of surprising us. Sometimes it's not the guitar solo or the vocal runs that stick with you. You know ...

It was an era where musical genres and defiance merged into the distinct sound of a decade, not simply a genre. In the 90’s, ...

We pull apart this legendary funk classic and highlight the ingredients that would leave a stamp on the future of music ...

The Beatles were known for leaving subtle easter eggs or jokes in their songs—and they left mistakes, too. At around the 2:58 ...

Leading labels have signed deals with tech companies in the hope of creating new revenue streams and reducing the amount of slop. But artists are worried ...

Television frontman Tom Verlaine died in 2023, leaving behind boxes of music and notebooks – now headed to the New York ...

The Recording Academy introduced a new Grammy Awards category for Best Traditional Country Album. What does that mean?

I first set out to chronicle Joni Mitchell’s transformation from a folk visionary to a jazz voyager; a story of invention to instruction. How she developed her own approach to the guitar, but ...

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