The 1950s saw the birth of rock and roll, but these original songs might have been overshadowed by their covers.

Akzidenz-Grotesk, originally released in 1898 by the Berthold Type Foundry, found renewed prominence in the 1950s. This ...

Revisiting the story of Cordell Jackson, the Mississippi-born rockabilly songwriter who started her own record label - Moon Records - from her home in Memphis.

Epiphone's latest collaboration with Joe Bonamassa sets its sights on his rare-finish, P-90-equipped 1955 Gibson Les Paul ...

In the late 1960s, the recording industry lost interest in America’s greatest art form. But in a small, dark club on the ...

Most teen idols who sprang up during the birth of rock' n roll in the 1950s were flash-in-the-pan stars --remembered for a ...

With the news of Peter Yarrow, from the folk band Peter, Paul and Mary, passing away on Tuesday at the age of 86, it got me ...

"Our aim is to become that cultural cornerstone of the city." Leeds City Council said the new library would build on the work ...

TheWrap magazine: Director James Mangold said, “Go out and mine Pete Seeger and bring me back a bunch of gold,” says the actor ...

From folk hero Woody Guthrie to a record-breaking Broadway star and a hot sauce magnate… the true story behind every musician ...

How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his ...

Sakhi has crafted two rubabs a month for decades, and he refuses to set down his tools even as a Taliban crackdown strangles music in Afghanistan ... craftsman in his fifties, whose name ...