We are all pretty familiar with folk songs. Most people know the popular tunes pretty well and…
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As a group, the Beatles did more to change the landscape of music, art, popular…
We’ll listen to any kind of song, no matter what, even if we can’t understand…
Arguably the most versatile artist of his generation hasn’t even got a sniff of the…
Christmas music is like pornography—there’s good stuff out there, but you’ve got to search through…
Tragically, middle age has come and roosted on my front porch. Can’t drink milk, for…
Rock ‘n’ Roll has traditionally been a minefield of wild stories about sex and drugs.…
I’m going to take a break from my usual lists about politics and guns to…
It’s an oft repeated fact that there is no word in the English language that…
We all gotta die, even the rich and famous. But some deaths don’t seem quite as natural as some would have you believe. This especially applies the down-and-dirty world of music, where many theories have arisen as to who wanted certain musicians dead, why, and how they did the deed.
Daft Punk have virtually never appeared in public without their trademark robot masks on and…
Sometimes, history will unfairly relegate certain people to categories into which they do not belong,…
There’s at least a 99% chance that the music you love would not exist without the blues. It’s the foundation of just about every bit of popular song released in the past 100 years. Here, we pay tribute to ten of the best, the ones who should be personally thanked by every artist around today.
On 27 October 1960, American soul singer Ben E. King co-wrote and recorded “Stand by…
When left to the unimaginative mind, remixes are little more than someone else’s song with an added drum beat. The truly creative types can take two different, often entirely unrelated, pieces of music and merge them into solid gold. Usually, the combination has no reason to succeed, and yet they often totally do.
When you think of ’80s movies, what comes to mind (besides clashing colors and a complete lack of self-awareness as to how silly everyone looked)? Montages, that’s what! Any ’80s film worth its hoop earrings had at least one scene where months of activity was condensed into a nifty four-minute musical package. Here are 10 of the most memorable.
The title of the best guitarist in the world is one that will likely never…
Sometimes, recording a song once just isn’t enough. Maybe a verse needed tweaking. Maybe the chorus could’ve used more guitar. Maybe you just need to make some extra money fast. These bands have covered themselves for all those reasons, and more.
Music is subjective, however, money is the easiest measure of success, you can write the…
Every day, more and more people hate Justin Bieber both for his music, and his very existence. As it turns out, he doesn’t deserve hate either way. Even if you’re not into sugary-pop songs, there are plenty of valid reasons to respect the man.
When naming a band, some people take the easy way out, naming it after themselves…
Believe it or not, some guy actually had the balls to challenge Beethoven to a sick piano duel. This is how he got his ass kicked.
The story song is one of the most difficult feats for writers of lyrics to…
If ’90s music is remembered for anything, it’s for producing groundbreaking alternative artists, as well…