After Joplin’s untimely death, her recorded version of “Me and Bobby McGee” was released and reached the top of the U.S.

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Out on February 13, same day as Emerald Fennell’s film version of Emily Bronte’s novel, it has already yielded singles House, ...

Few songs capture the essence of despair. “Jolene” is one of them. Written by the incomparable Dolly Parton, the tune ...

Decades before Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” dominated the charts, another Black woman from Texas transcended genres with her hit ...

The pragmatic Iowa State senior is working hard at both of his endeavors. Henriksen, who will perform Saturday at Wildwood Saloon, is working on his debut album with his band, the Drifters.

The first song Lukas Nelson ever composed, “You Were It,” closes his new Grammy-nominated solo album, “American Romance.” He was 11 years old and living on Maui at the time. “I wrote it here on a ...

Antidepressants IT was the year when those noisy Mancunian brothers brought the Britpop Nineties back to packed stadiums ...

Featuring a videogame commercial song, a Janet Jackson interpolation, one beloved indie-rock guy covering another, and a ...

The legendary alt-country singer-songwriter died at age 78 on Dec. 15. He is survived by his wife, Sharon Ely, and daughter, ...