From synth-pop to stadium rock, post-punk to art pop, here are the defining albums that shaped each unforgettable year of the ...

Pop-rock outfit Hall & Oates have always had a complicated relationship. On this day in 2023, those complications came to a peak.

Eric Howard Carmen is born in Cleveland, Ohio. The singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist was first known as the bandleader of the power-pop band the Raspberries. He scored numerous hit songs ...

In 1986, there were a number of rock bands who hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. These are three of those classic rock outfits.

Progressive rock bands going pop is a well-established phenomenon. And it's one that still happens today, believe it or not. Do you have a favorite prog band that subsequently dabbled in popular music ...

After being raised on Bob Dylan and Captain Beefheart, PJ Harvey's youthful rebellion came in the form of a deep love for ...

Charles Kelley of Lady A is releasing his second solo album, "Songs for a New Moon," on June 25, 2025, featuring an '80s synth-pop sound. Inspired by artists like Peter Gabriel and Hall and Oates, ...

The high concept here was to take pop songs from the 1980s and '90s and give them the full Vegas/big-band treatment. Some of the material works as well as you might think; Spandau Ballet's "True" was, ...

Popular music was splintering in about a dozen directions as the '70s came to an end. The decade's buildups of pop, rock, new wave, punk, disco, soul and any number of variations on those genres ...