Spike Sikes and His Awesome Hotcakes has a flexible lineup, but its core members have remained consistent over the past five ...

From CMAT and the Carpenters’ fresh starts to the Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun and Nina Simone’s Feeling Good, starting again is a rich theme in pop. Here are some of the best examples ...

It's never too late to take up a new instrument. In fact, a new instrument can help keep the mind young and spry. Regardless of your age, here are some of the best musical instruments for Baby Boomers ...

Alex Abramovich A writer and professor of journalism at New York University.

It was certainly a year worthy of celebration for The Red Clay Strays. If you ask me, the Red Clay Strays – consisting of Drew Nix (electric guitar, vocals, harmonica), Zach Rishel (electric guitar), ...

The Rolling Stones had “Start Me Up.” Bruce Springsteen had “Cover Me.” Good starts for an album, both. But neither was ...

From Sinners to F1 to Highest 2 Lowest, Guardian writers pick the scenes that stuck with them the most this year ...

Every year is a good year for music in The Natural State. But with the long-awaited return of Rwake and Adam Faucett, the ...

From the beginning of Essex Honey, the mood is introspective and transportive. “Look at You” starts with a repeating-triplet synth, Hynes’s reverbed voice, and a thumping bass; its first lines allude ...

Rosemary Westwood from member station WWNO asked a few of New Orlean's favorite musicians about the songs they like to listen to around Christmas.

Ever stumbled across a sound that made you stop in your tracks? Maybe it was something ancient and unfamiliar, yet strangely ...

MOJO's Mat Snow runs down every album from Steely Dan and their two major dudes, Donald Fagan and Walter Becker.