The week begins with doo-wop (in fact the final go-round of the epic “Rock ‘N’ Doo-Wop” series hosted by Bowzer) and ends with Grateful Dead covers by Connecticut’s own Mystic Dead. In between are a ...

The 141-minute movie has generated renewed interest in Dylan, particularly that period of his career. For the rest of the ...

The year 1975 was a very good one for Elton John and Chicago. It was pretty good as well for artists from Olivia Newton-John ...

The heavy metal guitarist spoke to us about guitar style, solos and why hearing “Michael Schenker is God” made him angry ...

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Mark LeVine is a longtime contributor to Afropop Worldwide, also a scholar, musician and author of numerous books. Here, he reviews Rikki Stein's memoir, Moving Music. Afropop's Banning Eyre recently ...

Vince Staples gets deeply personal on Dark Times, his most introspective album since 2015’s Summertime ’06. With a slower, atmospheric production style influenced by jazz, the album explores past ...

Welcome to the 1950s, a decade of prosperity and Pontiacs, drive-ins and tail fins, bobby socks and poodle skirts. The decade ...

Some of the live music industry’s most respected and consistently working roadies, instrument techs and sound people have ...

To best illustrate the specific and gloriously gritty “Sun Sound” that helped define the aesthetic of early rock ’n’ roll, I limited my selections to songs recorded during studio’s first ...

Can you believe it's been half a decade for these rock and metal albums turning 50 in 2025? After R&B, soul and pop influenced the early era of rock 'n' roll, guitar heavy music was definitely ...

The artists comprising our Top 30 Rock Songs of 2024 would like a word. As the year draws to a close, UCR looks back fondly on another 12 months of heavyweight rock songs that reaffirmed our ...