When researching the Cadet Records label, you inevitably end up at the name Charles Stepney.Rotary Connection, Minnie ...

From Crys Matthews to Kneecap and The Neighborhood Kids, protest music isn't just alive in 2026; it's robust and expansive. Musicians are using their art to meet the moment and fight injustice.

Twisting punk’s brutal template with angular riffs and solos, XTC’s Drums and Wires was essential listening for artsy kids circa ’79. Dave Gregory remembers butchering his SG, out-of-tune parts, and ...

Guitar teacher Julien Dooley builds lessons around the music his students love while encouraging them to replace "can't" with confidence, persistence and a willingness to try.

I think many people first discovered Blur through 'Song 2'.The 'Woo-hoo!' shout, the distorted guitar, and the momentum that ...

Released in 1975 as the second single from Bad Company’s second album, Straight Shooter, the song reached No. 10 on the US ...

Everyone knows Phil Collins for his vocals and drumming. But who delivered the guitar line for one of his most famous hits?

From Sinatra to SZA, Appalachian folk to Detroit funk, a journey through the music that showed one British critic this ...

Some legendary guitar solos sound far more intimidating than they really are. These famous lead lines deliver an impressive ...

Pylon pairs dreamy vocals with grunge guitars on an album about distance, anger, memory and trying to stay connected.

Jad Tariq, a Memphis-based rhythm & blues guitarist and vocalist, has been writing, recording and gigging since he was a kid in Connecticut, building a following for himself locally and helping to ...

So today we start a new Top 10 feature, to find the best UK Americana album as voted by our writers – and we are up for the challenge and the weeks of bickering which lie ahead!.  Here is ...