Today in Music History for Dec. 21: In 1672, Benjamin Schmolck, German Lutheran clergyman and prolific hymn writer, was born. Though a busy pastor, he found time to pen 900 hymns, the best remembered ...

Sometime in the autumn, the powers-that-be at the Aspen Skiing Co. decided to place the napkin dispensers on tables instead ...

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

The first solo album in three years from the New York rapper (and his first release since his twin 2023 stunners, the Kenny Segal collab Maps, which landed on our 2023 year-end list, and Armand Hammer ...

At last count, Neil Young has released at least 25 albums and seven box sets since 2000. His newest set, “Official Release ...

Linda Ronstadt once performed an off-the-wall duet with Frank Zappa. Emphasis on the word "once." (And with good reason.) ...

A look behind the struggles of writing about one of Wilmington's best bands, and a look at your Wilmington weekend.

A vortex of guitar virtuosity will be storming into Albany with a performance by the SATCHVAI Band, featuring guitarists Joe ...

Phil Collins' five favourite drummers of all time are The Beatles' Ringo Starr, John Bonham, The WHo's Keith Moon, Buddy Rich ...

Ian Anderson might be one of the greatest minds in prog rock, but he'll listen to any music so long as it's authentic, and that's why he loved this artist.

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

He also has another influence to thank. He played the song's infectious angular guitar riff on a late '60s Black Beauty Gibson Les Paul Custom. Akkerman says he chose the model after seeing the ...