With his producing partner, Jeffry Katz, he made lightweight ditties like “Yummy Yummy Yummy” that soared up the charts in ...

Steve Cropper was never a household name the way Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton are, but he was the guitar hero’s guitar hero. With an instantly identifiable tone, his guitar could sing (the “Play it, ...

The majestic multi-instrumentalist changed the course of soul music and did it with Blackness as the focal point of his ...

Today in Music History for Dec. 31: In 1776, the earliest cantata to be mentioned in Canadian historical documents was performed in Quebec City to mark the first anniversary of the repulsion of U.S.

The last music I downloaded was Oscar #Worldpeace’s “Takedown”. There’s a thing at the moment called Jersey Club, and it’s like the new thing in rap – the bass drum has a certain pattern to it and it ...

It’s been 40 years since Bob Dylan’s “Biograph” became the first CD box set to be released and there’s still gold to be mined, in some cases ...

A visit to San Francisco comes with culture, history and adventure, Craig Jones found out as he explored a city that brought ...

From the Beat Museum in North Beach to the vibrant Castro district, San Francisco offers fascinating cultural attractions ...

Rolling Stone didn’t put “Sinners” on their top 20 films of the year (but DID put “Weapons”) because even when Black people work twice as hard to get half as much, they can still get zero. Disgusting… ...

From the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, here are seven Frank Gehry buildings that you can visit in the U.S. and Europe.

Step into a kaleidoscopic soundworld, as we rank the 15 best and most mind-expanding psychedelic rock albums ever recorded ...

Help wanted: Guitarist who knows Engelbert Humperdinck songs. Jimi Hendrix fit the bill -- and how. So it was in 1967 when Humperdinck, who is set to play three concerts in New Jersey starting with a ...