America turns 250 this year. That’s not exactly breaking news, but 2026 also marks a momentous anniversary for American music — the 50th anniversary of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It might seem ...

The harmonies, the California sound, and songs that defined a generation helped this 1960s group be crowned the Best American Band of all time. The Beach Boys have long been synonymous with 1960s rock ...

True Tickets today announced a partnership with the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, the newly opened cultural institution and home of the Bruce Springsteen Archives on the campus of ...

The “Jon Landau American Music Gallery” is dedicated to many genres of music. Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music Bruce Springsteen’s ode to American musical history has opened in New Jersey.

Its groundbreaking production and lasting influence helped it rise above decades of beloved American music classics.

In the wake of Sly Stone’s death at age 82, Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid made the case for why Sly and the Family Stone deserve a place at the top of the canon of American bands. Here it is, in ...

The 52nd Annual American Music Awards will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Monday, May 25 Caroline Killilea is an Editorial Intern at PEOPLE. She ...

Stephen Foster wrote some of the most enduring American songs, invented the role of songwriter, and served as a cautionary tale for his successors.

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