By the early 1990s, John Mellencamp had transformed from a scruffy young rocker into a rootsy troubadour, a champion of the working man, and a
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Tom Cochrane was already a household name in his native Canada before releasing the international hit “Life Is A Highway.” The musician had spent more
Long consigned to pop music’s margins since its 1930s and 40s heyday, jazz enjoyed a surprising renaissance in 2000 when a 35-year-old Canadian female pianist
Kacey Musgraves didn’t name Golden Hour to acknowledge her critical and commercial status at the time of its release. But the feeling of widespread appreciation
Thin Lizzy’s album Bad Reputation came out in September 1977 and became their first to crack the UK top 10, making No.4 and going on
Don Williams was nicknamed the Gentle Giant at a not-quite towering 6’1”. He was giant, though, when it came to his success on the country
It seems like just yesterday Eminem was scandalizing suburban America with his special brand of biting lyricism and perverse humor, but even hip-hop grows up
We’re celebrating one of the UK’s most consistently creative singer-songwriters and frontmen of the past five decades, with 20 of the best songs in the
When child actress turned singer Angélica María recorded La Novia de la Juventud in 1966, Mexican teens were in the throes of rock-and-roll mania. Appearing
Jorge Ben never quite fit any of the Brazilian music trends of the 1960s and 1970s. He was friends with seemingly everyone, though: Ben was