Foo Fighters Announce 2024 U.S. Tour
The run of summer stadiums is in support of their acclaimed 11th album But Here We Are
Read MoreTom Petty, American Rock Giant, 1950-2017
One of our country’s greatest rockers for more than 40 years, the Floridian never backed down, creating solid music that didn’t need to bow to trends.
Read MoreWhen Donald Fagen Lightened Up With ‘The Nightfly’
On his debut solo album, cut during Steely Dan’s ’80s hiatus, Fagen trades cynicism for nostalgia in a song cycle.
Read MoreShocking Blue’s ‘Venus’: An Out-of-This-World Hit
When the Dutch rock band replaced its male lead vocalist with a striking 21-year-old female, they scored with a shock heard ’round the world
Read More‘MacArthur Park’: Jimmy Webb’s Recipe for a Hit
“Someone left the cake out in the rain/I don’t think that I can take it ’cause it took too long to bake it.” Love it or hate it, here’s the story
Read MoreGotta Bludgeon: The Delightfully Punishing, Hell-for-Leather Second Take of The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’
Close your eyes and it’s not hard to picture George Martin in the control booth, thinking, “What on earth are we doing tonight?”
Read More72 From ’72: The Albums That Rocked Our World
What a year for classic rock music! We listened to dozens of new albums that would still sound great decades later. Here are the best.
Read MoreNektar Founding Member, Ron Howden, Dies
The drummer and founding member for the 1970s era progressive rock band was still performing earlier in the year
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