One of the early songs by Pere Ubu, Heart of Darkness, has a driving bassline. The song has a strong sense of foreboding, and its lyrics are like Mantras. As one of the earliest songs of the band, the ...

Everybody has musical guilty pleasures – songs we happily revisit in the comfort of our home, but wouldn’t dare admit we own ...

Neil Finn wrote "Something So Strong" before he had a band to play it. Then along came Crowded House to turn it into a huge hit.

When Billy Idol first entered American consciousness in the early '80s, leather-clad and bleached hair in tow, he not only ...

On this day in 1982, Paul McCartney scored his 24th no. 1 hit with his Stevie Wonder collaborative single "Ebony And Ivory".

When Bill Ray's daughter Miley was born in 1992, he showed that in addition to good looks and talent, he had one more key quality: Chutzpah. Why, you may ask? Because he asked fellow country singer ...

For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.

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What happens when you build your life — and your friendships — around a band that can’t keep it together forever.

This week’s indie basement has an extra high sleaze quotient, with (great) new albums from Viagra Boys and Fat White Family ...

Despite their seemingly different worlds, a surprising number of Hollywood and country stars have fallen in love.

As one of the most-performed living composers, the Pulitzer winner insists that her music communicate to everyone — from farmers to children to the classical music intelligentsia.