Billy Strings has drawn from something old to do something entirely new. The singer and virtuoso guitarist, who is 33, has ...
Sailing’s songs tended to be cellophane-wrapped like candy; Pork Soda’s ooze together. “Bob” trundles right along into “DMV,” ...
Between the effect's creation and its development as a guitar pedal, interest was kept alive by a trio of fuzz-loving musicians ...
Simply, Townshend relished in smashing guitars, in speaking 4x12 speaker cabinets with the headstock of a Fender Telecaster, ...
Growing up near a similarly music-rich city which relies so much on the innovations of its varied immigrant population (albeit an ocean away), much of my time as a student of popular music has been ...
Ringo Starr has enjoyed his share of hit songs the Beatles broke up. Here's a countdown of his 30 best songs, from "Photograph" to now.
Dear 2026: You seem pretty rad, for a year so potentially in malaise. At least, that’s the way we feel every time we turn off the news and turn on the music that takes us away from all that. The best ...
When Paul McCartney first started The Beatles with John Lennon, no one expected them to last more than a few years. There was hardly any rock and roll band that lasted more than a couple of years ...
There’s a core irony to Broken Social Scene that defines their canonized classics: their maximalist indie-rock is pointillistic—communal uplift in collage, with guitars and voices and horns blurring ...
Classic-era Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz has died after a private cancer diagnosis. His family confirmed the 71-year-old's death today (Jan. 23) in a social media post. "It is with overwhelming ...
Francis Buchholz, who played bass for The Scorpions for nearly two decades during most successful era, playing on such classic tracks as “Wind of Change,” “Rock You Like a Hurricane” and “No One Like ...
With its minimal instrumentation, false endings, and almost eerie silences, the song sounded unlike anything on the radio in 1973. Maybe that explains why David Essex’s “Rock On” captivated the public ...