Every once in a while, a single instrument arrives and rewrites the rules. Not just for music, but for culture itself. Think about it. A strip of brass and a few keys gave birth to jazz. A solid block ...

The music-making friendship of Rob McWilliams and Phil Cangelosi began when the two met in third grade while living in Leesburg, Virginia. And at this point, they share “a total brotherly bond,” ...

For the better part of the past decade, singer-songwriter Sarah Shook has made their name as the lead singer of the hardscrabble country-rock outfit Sarah Shook and the Disarmers. But after cutting ...

When you hear a rock song that includes the synthesizer, you can almost always guess that the song in question is from a certain era. Probably from the 1980s, give or take, the track is defined by and ...

After playing strictly in cover bands for several years, Kevin Brown returned to writing and recording his own material in 2018. He dove even deeper into his original music during the COVID-19 ...

Harry Styles has used his solo career to lean into the music of bygone decades before, with his first two albums heavily drenched in the rock singer-songwriter stylings of the ’70s. His new single, ...

Homeboys: From left, Michigan Rattlers are Tony Audia, Christian Wilder, Graham Young, and Adam Reed. Credit: Courtesy photo In recent years, Michigan Rattlers have earned a following with a rootsy, ...

Named after a Go-Go's song, Los Angeles trio Automatic surfaced in 2019 with the sangfroid, steely nerved album Signal, a rewarding deviation from the underground-hip-hop powerhouse label Stones Throw ...

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