She sounded gentle, but her 1970s run was a masterclass in crossover pop-country. Key hits, big myths, and musician lessons from Anne Murray.
Browsing: Music
Keith Richards on meeting Howlin’ Wolf, chasing Robert Johnson’s ghost, and how those bluesmen quietly built the Rolling Stones.
From MTV chaos to chart-topping duets and hard health battles, Ozzy and Kelly’s bond stayed loud, loyal, and surprisingly tender.
Alan Lomax recorded Muddy Waters at Stovall in 1941-42. One playback, $20, and a jukebox helped ignite Chicago blues (and rock).
How a cheap paperback, a ten-minute burst of inspiration and exorcism-level live shows turned Stevie Nicks’ “Rhiannon” into one of rock’s most haunting classics.
How Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood built the heavy rock blueprint with the Jeff Beck Group, then blew it up just as the world caught on.
He wrote the most romantic pop songs of the 60s, but his marriage to Angie Dickinson was anything but a fairy tale.
Before arena rock and concept albums, Geddy Lee was a shy Toronto teen in the 1960s. Here is how trauma, cheap gear and coffeehouse gigs helped create Rush.
Joni Mitchell once thought Bob Dylan was “putting her on.” How did she go from anti-Dylan to calling herself Dylan-influenced?
How a 1 a.m. cruise-ship gig, a brutal audition call and classic-rock discipline turned Nita Strauss into Alice Cooper’s go-to guitar assassin.