Rock 'n' roll can be a cruel business. Entire subgenres can find themselves thrown on the trash heap the moment fickle musical fashions move on. But like fashion itself, rock music moves in cycles, ...

From street-corner harmonies to electronic drops, American music has seen waves of genres that dominated the airwaves, clubs, and cultural imagination, only to fade as quickly as they arrived. Some ...

The rock scene in the 1970s was rife with experimentation. The psychedelic sounds of the 1960s were beginning to wane and, as a result, opened up room for new sub-genres to stake their claim. Several ...

Rock music has evolved in countless directions since the genre's emergence in the '50s and '60s—whether that's heavy metal icons like Metallica and Black Sabbath, new wave bands such as The Police and ...

Rock music may still be huge, but its current leading lights are putting up much smaller sales and streaming numbers than those in pop, R&B/hip-hop and country. By Ed Christman This might have been ...

Beyoncé appeared visibly astonished to hear her album Cowboy Carter had won best country album at this year’s Grammy Awards. Onstage, the singer offered a heartfelt reflection on musical genre: I ...