M aybe all we really need to know about the evolution of funk music in the 1970s comes in the form of an outfit from Dayton, ...

When young people are told by the parents to practice the piano, rarely do any of them think they might be playing in the ...

Disney World opened on this day in 1971, and to celebrate another year, here are the best ambient songs from the park.

As far as country songwriters go — or songwriters of any genre — Kris Kristofferson was among the most authentic. That’s a word that Nashville loves to freely toss around, but in the case of the Texas ...

“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose,” Joplin sang in her signature blues-rock yowl — perhaps the best-known ...

Melodically, country fans will hear the 1971 hit with each chorus, but the verses find the two crossover singers going deep ...

Remember the late, great singer-songwriter via some of the best moments in his prolific recording catalogue, admired by ...

The Chewy Chewy Sounds of American Bubblegum 1966-1971, a new box set, that pretty much captures everything wonderfully inane about one of pop’s most derided genres. Start with the beyond-silly name ...

Don Henley revealed the meaning of The Eagles' "Take It Easy" and its connection to the culture of the United States.

With her signature bold red lips and long dark hair, the superstar touched the hearts of many internationally.

Kris Kristofferson, a singer-songwriter whose trove of country-pop hits such as “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Help Me Make It ...

More than 50 years ago, Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar equally drawn to the words of William Blake and Hank Williams, ...