One of 2018's most compelling recordings started as an unmarked cassette tape. "Piano & A Microphone 1983" is a 35-minute, one-take recording Prince recorded, as the title promises, in 1983. And true ...

In our latest Grateful Dead Retrospective, we look back on the four shows the band played at Richmond Coliseum between 1983 and 1985.

The 1983 music video for Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" is one of the most memorable of that era. Last week, my colleague Doug MacCash celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Rebirth Brass Band with ...

Just in time for spooky season, Michael Jackson’s iconic 1983 music video for “Thriller” has surpassed one billion YouTube views. The milestone marks the King of Pop’s fourth visual to join the ...

Forty-two years ago today, the world lost one of the most influential guitar players in the history of modern roots music.

Good ol’ Earth, Wind & Fire. A few songs from this iconic R&B and soul band could have made it to this list, but I went with “Fall In Love With Me”. Released in January of 1983, this electro-boogie ...

“I was always hoping that these recordings were still around because of the feeling that’s in them,” Don Batts, Prince‘s personal recording engineer in the early Eighties, tells Rolling Stone. He’s ...

Country music's expectations of male stardom are at a dynamic crossroads. Essentially, the moment has arrived where male stars merely vying for being country music's "entertainer of the year" isn't ...

As "Tiempo" celebrates 40 years, we are sharing classic moments like this 1983 interview with teen music sensation Menudo. This clip is courtesy of Miguel Perez, an original co-host of the show. See ...

While a car breakdown is a total pain for most drivers, Weathers singer Cameron Boyer found a way to turn it into something good: inspiration for the band's track "1983." But viewers of their music ...