David Peel was a street musician who cozied up to John Lennon in NYC. One persistent teen wanted to meet him. And did.

Happy Halloween! Before Alice Cooper, Screaming Lord Sutch was blending horror with rock n' roll to the point where the BBC ...

David Myhr has been serving up some delectable power pop, with a strong dip into Beatlesque flavors. Get to know him.

There is a fascinating 1963 photo of Bob Dylan in which he’s standing on a NYC rooftop gazing off beyond the horizon. With his long sleeves cuffed, his fingers in his pockets, and legs astride, he ...

How is it almost the end of 2026? It feels like only six months since I wrote a piece exploring the best rock books of 2024.

Somewhere in the middle of his journey from New Waver to Ambient auteur, Jonathan Gregg created a fruitful mix of power pop ...

There are literally hundreds of books about The Beatles. It's hard to narrow them down to the five best, but we had a go.

Colm Clark is a freelance writer, musician and composer (a.k.a. Crush Limbo) whose music has appeared in TV and film and whose songs have been sung on New York theater stages. Despite all this (if ...

The Strawberry Alarm Clock initially came together from former members of several Southern California bands. The group recorded a few singles in 1966-67 under the name Thee Sixpence, including a cover ...

On February 15, 1977, the red dirt of northeast Georgia sprouted something entirely unexpected: a musical revolution. The night before, in the tiny farming town of Athens, a local band called the ...

Ever since Adam heard the sound of Eve plucking the apple tree, men and women have been in search of new ways to create music. The first instruments were made from tree stumps, hollow gourds, and ...