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Light My Fire” wasn’t the Doors’ first single — that honor went to “Break on Through (To the Other Side).” It was actually ...

A song heavy with restlessness, "Urge for Going" was written in the mid-'60s before Mitchell left Canada, and was originally recorded by her friend Tom Rush. It was eventually released as a B-side to ...

Krieger explains how the song changed from the time they played it in clubs until it became a chart-topping hit single ...

Allison has always centered truth in her lyrics. Her truth in Evergreen? The fragility of life confronted by the specter of ...

Ozzy Osbourne’s improbable journey from a laborer in Birmingham, England, to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame happened on the shoulders of great rock guitarists. It began with Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath ...

Trying to choose 15 songs from Quincy Jones' illustrious career in music is a steep challenge, but you can't go wrong with ...

About 80 minutes into Sunday‘s performance at Roadrunner, two songs from the end, Leon Bridges cleanly demonstrated everything that worked and didn’t work for him that night. The song was “Smooth ...

If fingering the frets of a traditional guitar only leads you to frustration, how about taking your musical adventure in a ...

Anna McClellan unwinds anxiety from the inside out. The Omaha-raised songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has been crafting ...

Inspired to explore blues by a choir singing Mozart, Knipp avoided asking advice from the big names she opened for – and even ...

Music lovers are ready to set the night to music this Saturday, October 19, 2024 inside Morristown, NJ's MPAC auditorium as ...