Steve Cropper was never a household name the way Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton are, but he was the guitar hero’s guitar hero. With an instantly identifiable tone, his guitar could sing (the “Play it, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

A minor hit in 1994, this talking blues is an early example of Snider’s humor, which was by turns stoner-friendly and biting. Snider satirizes the commercialization of alternative rock with a ...

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The AI-generated song “Walk My Walk” by Breaking Rust hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart This marks a first-of-its-kind achievement for AI in the country genre, with the song’s ...

The Week 11 slate in college football features key contests in all the power conferences, which should give our panel of expert prognosticators a lot to consider. The headliner is in the Big 12, a top ...

Sample-loving producer Monster Rally has announced Echoes of the Emerald Sands, his first non-instrumental album, which will be out in spring 2026. Among the vocalists tapped for the album are Jordana ...

The new trailer for "Song Sung Blue," released Nov. 4, shows the pain behind the triumph of the movie's real-life, Milwaukee-based Neil Diamond tribute band. The musical (in theaters Christmas Day) ...

Taylor Swift has broken another music record with her new album The Life of a Showgirl. All 12 songs from the album currently occupy the top 12 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the first ...

In the late Seventies, Smokey Robinson’s “Cruisin’” was one of the songs that summed up the quiet storm sound; in 2000, it became an adult-contemporary chart-topper when Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis ...

No other artist has ever had every song from an album appear in an unbroken streak at the top of the Hot 10 — no skips. Swift had previously become the first and only artist ever to command all 10 ...

Musicians find inspiration in all aspects of their lives but when it comes to their most emotional songs, they’re usually inspired by the people closest to them. For many performers, that happens to ...