Steve Hackett goes deep on the making on "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway," a synth-heavy concept album that made him feel like the odd man out.
James McMurtry isn't nostalgic so much as precise. His songs often sound like memory talking -- pragmatic about art and time, ...
After a swig from a half-empty bottle of Tennessee sippin’ whiskey, bassist Michael Anthony cruises into his solo. His trademark J.D. bottle-shaped bass guitar pours out mellow, delay-enhanced notes ...
The veteran bassist on his Queen and Led Zeppelin links, love for fretless, fighting with a Music Man EQ, and Tony Iommi’s ...
On a recent Saturday, brightly costumed athletes covered the Northshore Miracle League’s field between Madisonville and ...
Stacker takes a look at Black artists music wouldn't be the same without, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Tupac Shakur.
After over two decades making music, his main band had recently achieved global recognition and he’d just launched his debut ...
A student's nonchalant shredding has gone viral after she nailed Bon Jovi's '80s hit You Give Love a Bad Name during her ...
American music, at its core, is inseparable from a history defined by reinvention, resilience, and Black artists.
Gilmour, Nick Mason and colleagues on assembling the unexpected 2014 album that paid tribute to Rick Wright, and his calming ...
The Pink Floyd collaborator thought his career would last two years. But in the past five decades he’s had surprise hits, overreacted to a myth about tape, and made colleagues believe his ideas had be ...
Harmonix's 'Rock Band 3' is the feel-good grand finale of gaming's rhythm game obsession, one that aimed for the stars just as the genre's popularity was waning.