From swampy blues to triple-guitar assaults, these 21 essential records define the soul, grit, and enduring legacy of the ...

From CMAT and the Carpenters’ fresh starts to the Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun and Nina Simone’s Feeling Good, starting again is a rich theme in pop. Here are some of the best examples ...

From studio companions to lyrical legends, we rank the most influential canines to ever howl in the name of rock ...

Some of the most memorable San Diego concerts of 2025 came from Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Robert Plant, Rhiannon Giddens, ...

One hundred two years ago today, one of the most innovative and influential bluegrass musicians in the genre's history was born.

Janis Joplin was one of the great figures of American rock’n’roll – a wild performer with an incredible voice, whose life was ...

Take part in the inaugural Gainesville Folk Festival beginning at noon Jan. 10 and continuing through the evening of Jan. 11 ...

Every year, the music world loses irreplaceable voices, visionaries, and pioneers whose impact continues to echo long after ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s manager since 1999 has become a free bird himself — and is taking the band with him. After 26 years with ...

Some pop fans might have gone into 2025 anticipating a year’s worth of the shakes, suffering from Eras Tour withdrawal. But ...

Drag superstar The Vivienne, musicians Ozzy Osbourne, D'Angelo and Brian Wison and Oscar winners Diane Keaton and Robert Redford are among those who died in 2025.

Here is the third part of our playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland. It marks eleventh year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...