Tag "best classic bands"
Andrew Gold’s ‘What’s Wrong with This Picture?’: All In the Family
His singing fit in well with the laid-back L.A. singer-songwriter milieu, but it took him a while to find his first real pop hit.
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1973: The Year in Music
Many of the stars of the ’60s were still making great music, but increasingly, the identity of ’70s rock was being revealed by new names.
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Beatles in India: Photos From Pattie Boyd
A rare group of photographs documenting the group’s historic visit to Rishikesh, India, in 1968, surfaced in a portfolio compiled by George Harrison’s former wife.
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13 More ‘Lost’ British Invasion Hits of the ’60s
Not all of the big British Invasion hits were by legends like the Beatles and the Stones. We look back at other great tunes you may (or may not) remember.
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‘Animals Against The Wall’: All-Star Tribute to Pink Floyd Album Coming
A partial list of contributing artists includes Ian Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, Keith Emerson, Robby Krieger, Al Di Meola, Arthur Brown, John Wetton, Adrian Belew, Glenn Hughes, and Tommy Shaw, among many others.
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Rainbow Gets ‘Temple of the King: 1975-1976’ 9-CD Box Set
The 2026 release is described as the most comprehensive collection of the opening phase of the classic hard rock band’s work to date.
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When the Mood Strikes: 10 Classic Rock Love Songs
Songs from Van Morrison and a Rolling Stones’ rarity are side-by-side with ones from Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker, Hall & Oates and Foreigner.
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The Same Musician Who Orchestrated ELO Gave Us ‘Hooked on Classics’
Jeff Lynne opted to live up to the band’s name when he hired Louis Clark as string arranger and utilized a full orchestra in the group’s recordings.
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16 Classic Double-Sided Hit Singles of the ’60s
Singles, for the most part, housed just one memorable song. That, like so much else, began to change with the arrival of the Beatles.
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Talking Heads’ Demos & Live Collection, ‘Tentative Decisions,’ Due
Their earliest years are being explored with an unprecedented look at the rapid evolution of the original trio—David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth—through a trove of newly unearthed recordings.
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