We interview Adrian Belew in advance of his King Crimson-related project Beat performing concerts in Santa Cruz and Napa.

The music that has come to be called yacht rock has a few trademark qualities, but this Doobie Brothers hit from 1978 is the ...

Phillip Huscher's new book Passing the Baton tells the story from the orchestra's founding 135 years ago to the appointment of its youngest music director ever, who officially takes over in 2027.

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The Temptations released 'Ain't Too Proud to Beg' after a few failed attempts, but it became a generational hit in film and ...

Ella Langley’s song “Choosin’ Texas” is officially the longest running No. 1 single in the U.S., spending 23 weeks at the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

A funny 1978 country song by Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty has earned a place on Rolling Stone’s list of the 200 Greatest ...

Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” remains a grunge classic, but its music video reached an even bigger milestone.

Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line,” one of his most famous songs, was written in 1956 during a stop in East Texas and later ...

Elvis Presley once campaigned for a role in a 1972 film now considered one of the greatest movies ever released.

Released on June 3, 1988, “Sweet Child o’ Mine” appears on Guns N’ Roses’ 1987 album, Appetite for Destruction. To date, the ...

For a song that began as a track intended for someone else, “Toxic” ultimately became strongly connected to Britney Spears.