Aspiring rock musicians could benefit both artistically and financially from a musician-mentoring grad program similar to the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
The surprising connections between a musical genius of the 1960s and a struggling politician of the 2010s.
Reading the scholarly literature on dudes singing high notes
An abridged history of pop culture's reliance on a treacly, centuries-old metaphor
Which of today's politicians does the great Brazilian composer really bring to mind?
Yes. Hugh Atkin's political mash-up videos cleverly satirize not only politicians, but the state of public discourse.
An Adele-free playlist of slow songs for fall
Like other next-big-thing rockers of the past, they've become a better band for their second album—and that's both great news and kind of a bummer.
Seeger's latest ventures reveal the dirty secret of Popular Front folk: Their tunes weren't that great.
Bob Dylan's friendship with John Lennon was one-sided and uneasy. Why did he write a moving song about someone who never influenced him?
Billie Joe Armstrong's righteous rock-star routine looked more like a faded pop star's existential crisis.
Fifteen years ago, U2 brought music and a message to post-war Sarajevo.
The album, which gets a 25th-anniversary re-release this week, made for a disappointing end to a tour-de-force '80s trilogy
On G.O.O.D. Music's 'Cruel Summer,' he sells himself a capitalist god, but his disciples botch the message.
This is crazy, but Carly Rae Jepsen could pull off the rare YouTube-to-riches success story.
"Four Women" shows how physicality was integral to her music.
A decade after being marketed as anti-Britney Spearses, the singers' new albums show how to make hits without abandoning a niche.
The XX's and Jens Lekman's new records powerfully portray falling out of love, without a fight.
Relive the poignant, brilliant moments of Bob Dylan's songwriting career.
Farrah Abraham's 'My Teenage Dream Ended' has been called one of the worst records ever, but it actually tells a compelling, sad story.