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47 years ago today, The Grateful Dead released their fourth studio album, an effort which found the band’s sound fully focused on the folk-inspired music that Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter were bringing to the songwriting table. Recorded at San...

47 years ago this week, Bread entered the Billboard Hot 100 with the song that was not only their first top-20 hit but also their first #1 hit. Written by David Gates, Bread’s primary songwriter, “Make It with You” wasn’t...

38 years ago today, The Cars released “Let’s Go,” the first single from their sophomore album, CANDY-O. That the two titles rhymed was probably coincidental, but it’s a nice little bonus, wouldn’t you say? “We were ready to [produce] our...

45 years ago this week, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 with their cover of a Carole King classic, one which – you may be surprised to learn – they recorded before James Taylor’s version...

June is African-American Music Appreciation Month, and as much as it sounds like a holiday that would’ve emerged from a record company board room, it’s actually something that’s been on the books since President Jimmy Carter decreed it back on...

Fleetwood Mac fans who know their stuff are aware of a 1973 album called BUCKINGHAM NICKS, a duo consisting of – you guessed it – soon-to-be Mac members Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, but now a new duo is rising...

When a band’s very first single climbs all the way to the top of Billboard’s Modern Rock chart, it might be a bit much to say that the band members are living a charmed life, but…would you believe semi-charmed? Believe...

Interview: Harold Bronson, author of My British Invasion By Will Harris Although it’s appropriate, given that it’s what he’s here to promote, it seems a bit silly to only identify Harold Bronson by the title of his latest book, especially...

If you know anything at all about jazz, then you surely must at least have heard the name “John Coltrane” in passing, what with him being one of the most legendary figures in the history of the genre. The iconic...