These killer one-hit wonders from the 60s more or less vanished from the Top 40, but they haven't disappeared from our hearts.

I’ve always been transparent about the fact that the Secret History of Chicago Music relies on other people. I get leads from the musicians I write about, from my knowledgeable friends, and from ...

I don’t know exactly when it happened, but at some point in my lifetime, “lo-fi” went from being an adjective to being a genre. By the mid-1990s, artists were making a conscious decision to eschew the ...

During the great rock ’n’ roll explosion of the early 60s, American and British acts hogged much of the limelight, but people got together in their garages (or other informal spaces) and started bands ...

Some bands play original material. Other bands play cover songs to put a dance floor in motion, which can translate into hearing Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration,” Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk” and Chappell ...