Counting down our choices for the ten greatest songs recorded by 2 Tone revolutionaries The Specials, who reflected the ...

Even the slick-sounding Top 10 hit “Hey Nineteen” from 1981, which is held up as quintessential Yacht Rock, has a lecherous, Humbert Humbert bent to it. The song should include its own coke ...

On 'Nightclubbing,' Grace Jones embraced her Jamaican roots and took control of her sound. It's one of her best albums.

The Grammy Award for best new artist has gone to superstars like Mariah Carey and The Beatles. However, not every winner ...

Live’s new documentary separates fact from fiction about a rumoured in-studio riot during a 1981 musical performance by the ...

Freddie Mercury forged an unmistakable identity as lead singer of Queen. But on one of his biggest hits, he did a little bit of an homage to a much earlier era, and to vocalists who helped clear the ...

Grammy-winniner Rosanne Cash performed an acoustic sextet of songs while discussing her inspirations at the Country Music ...

The GRAMMYs are widely considered to be the most prestigious of music awards. And setting aside one’s feelings for pitting songs and albums against others for prizes, the Recording Academy claims (or ...

All generations have their respective soundtrack of songs that define their youth. I’m limiting the discussion to generations born after World War II, or those who grew up with music that deviated ...

Sam Moore of Sam & Dave called Scottsdale home for 30 years. His friend Alice Cooper says, "There's a Phoenix family and he ...

Four years later, the duo scored their first hit single, “You Don't Know Like ... The duo’s final performance together took place on Dec. 31, 1981. Their second – and final – split was ...

That label released its first Sam and Dave single, “You Don’t Know Like I Know,” in the fall of 1965, and their string of hits began ... continued working until 1981, when they again ...