US Folk Music 1963-1969 4-CD Set Coming

The 100-song collection includes such classics of the genre as Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction,” The Youngbloods’ “Get Together,” and We Five’s “You Were On My Mind.”

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Sweet Dreams: 13 Timeless Early ’80s British Earworms

Those hits by Tears For Fears, Human League, Eurythmics, Duran Duran and others still grab us four decades after we first heard them.

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BJ Thomas Interview: ‘Hooked on a Feeling,’ ‘Raindrops’ & More

We were honored to conduct what turned out to be one of his final interviews. The great singer is also a master storyteller.

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Foghat ‘Fool For the City’ Album Expanded For 50th Anniversary

The band’s Platinum-selling 5th album, from 1975, featured the rock anthems “Slow Ride” and the title track.

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Top Selling Albums of 1971: Superstars

Recordings made by some of the biggest classic rock artists of the era dominated the list of top-selling albums in the U.S.

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David Gilmour ‘Luck and Strange’ 2024 Concerts Get Album, Film Releases

The souvenirs of his sold-out tour are being released on CD, vinyl, Blu-ray and DVD, with a limited theatrical release of Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome.

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Complete Johnny Cash Lyrics Book Coming

The comprehensive and definitive 720-page book collects—for the first time—every one of his song lyrics alongside never-before-seen reproductions of handwritten pages from his own notebooks.

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They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!

It was bizarre but an instant smash hit. Then there was a backlash. Read the strange tale of Napoleon XIV and hear the song that drove people mad.

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Nick Drake: ‘Five Leaves Left’ Expanded—Review

He remained little known for years. One reason might be that he was simply ahead of his time.

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John Mellencamp’s ‘Scarecrow’: The Turning Point

The 1985 album served as an overture for how he would bring his music into the world from that point forward.

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