Songs are history. They ground us in a time and place. And that could be felt acutely in 2025. So let’s celebrate some great art and some banging jams from the past year. How’s this for a couple of ...

One of the bonuses of making "Song Sung Blue" filled with Neil Diamond songs is how astonishingly prolific the globally beloved singer-songwriter was during his five decades of recording and ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with Christmas upon us again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There's nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions ...

Dec. 18 (UPI) --The proprietor of a sandwich shop in England attempted a Guinness World Record by spending 42 consecutive hours singing Christmas songs. Dave Purchase, aka "Mr. Toasty" of the On Toast ...

The jangly, chiming sound of acoustic and electric 12-string guitars have played a crucial role in popular music, from blues to rock, pop to folk. 12-string guitars feature six pairs of strings, known ...

Anyone who thought the Byrds’ debut album was the work of a one-hit wonder based on the commercial success of “Mr. Tambourine Man” turned out to be sadly mistaken when the quintet’s sophomore LP Turn!

We asked 16 business leaders to share the songs that get them motivated and energized for the day. They named tracks by Beyoncé, Eminem, and U2, among others. Listen to their complete playlist on ...

Guitar playing is, and will always be, a mainstay in rock music. Though it’s taken many forms, the genre was built around the guitar. Throughout the decades, a particular guitar sound has had the ...

Steve Cropper was never a household name the way Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton are, but he was the guitar hero’s guitar hero. With an instantly identifiable tone, his guitar could sing (the “Play it, ...

As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s. Steve Cropper in 1973. His guitar licks could ...

Forget what the algorithm told you — we’ve got tracks from twelve amazing artists active right here, right now, right in your own backyard. Got a bead on something new we should be listening to? Hit ...

Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2025. This week Andy Von Pip, Matt the Raven, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 40 songs ...