Petula Clark’s 1964 song, “Downtown,” burnished modern urban life into a smash hit. In 2017, she’s back at age 85 with new music and lots...

For my 2017 list of the Top 50 Best Songs and Top 20 Best Albums, I let my stats on Spotify, YouTube, and Shazam–plus my vinyl...

When music critics focus on confirming or denying the band’s place in music history, they miss the real story of Songs of Experience. I...

As Thanksgiving turkeys fill the dining table and twinkling lights hang from every lamppost, Tom Chaplin’s Twelve Tales of Christmas...

Summer’s over and the leaves are falling, but we’ll always have memories of the music festival season to get us through fall and winter....

Neil Finn’s latest solo album, Out of Silence, offers us the gift of catharsis in a season of unpredictable politics and societal...

In July, I caught up with musician Mike Scott in the basement of an ivy-covered Georgian townhome in Dublin to talk about The Waterboys’...

Beth Ditto has always been ready for her close-up, but now the fashion-forward singer is ready for a brighter spotlight, too. After years...

Guitarist Les Paul would have turned 102 this year. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee died in 2009, but his legacy lives on through...

Releasing an album no longer guarantees success in an industry where platinum-selling singers face the same pressures as fledgling...

George Michael was only 53 years old when he left us, but for Generation X, his music recalls the Cold War-era sounds of our youth. The...

Some years are groovier than others. This year, music provided a steadying backbeat against the craziness of the political climate. We...

Johnnyswim’s new album Georgica Pond makes marriage sound wonderful – just ask TV’s hottest couple, Chip and Joanna Gaines. “The album...

Twenty-four years ago, a concert predicted Dylan’s future as a Nobel Laureate. Bob Dylan is officially the songwriter with the most...

Midge Ure is music royalty. Or at least an indefatigable and decorated player who originates from the pre-digital age. He has sold...

On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Ted Yoder set up a dulcimer in his Goshen, Indiana backyard and turned on Facebook Live, while his wife and...

With his new recording, Fever Dream, Ben Watt captures the pleasure and pain of a Gen-Xer caught between two fires – his youth and the...

Five decades after their TV debut, The Monkees are on the road with a multimedia tour featuring footage from the 1966 television series....

Florence and the Machine closed the Shaky Knees Music Festival in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park May 15 with an energetic 90-minute...

Bono, Jimmy Carter and Nile Rodgers made for a surprising trio of revelers at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom last Friday night. On the...