Maynard James Keenan wants you to be less dumb in these 'insane times'

Maynard James Keenan reflects on the "endless barrage of madness and inhumane behavior" that inspired the new Puscifer album, ...

Putting the rock in Ragnarok: Sanjoy Narayan writes on Nordic blues

This music didn’t arrive from the US as something alien, but as something curiously familiar. See how bands across Scandinavia have made the sound their own.

Alex Warren’s ‘Ordinary’ Becomes Longest-Leading Top Gabb Music Songs No. 1

Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” is now the longest-running No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Gabb Music Songs chart, reigning for the fourth ...

1971 Rod Stewart's Classic Hit Almost Wasn’t Released but Became His Breakout No. 1 Song

Maggie May made Rod Stewart a solo star in 1971 and decades later earned a place in the Grammy Hall of Fame for its lasting ...

“The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band”: The story of a cult classic

Released on this day (12 March) in 1967, The Velvet Underground & Nico has been described by Rolling Stone magazine as “the ...

1988 No. 1 Hit Sold Over a Million Copies and Became One of the Decade’s Biggest Songs

Paula Abdul’s 1988 hit Straight Up sold over 1 million copies, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and became a defining pop song of the 1980s.