Today in Music History for Nov. 4: In 1740, English clergyman Augustus Toplady, who wrote the hymn "Rock of Ages," was born. In 1847, composer Felix Mendelssohn died at Leipzig at age 38.

For Cale, that town was Tulsa, the Oklahoma city where he was raised in the postwar era. Born John Cale in 1938, the ...

MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as “Suspicious Minds” and “When a Man Loves a Woman” and was a featured ...

See the best 1960s music artists, from The Beatles to Motown legends, who shaped a revolutionary decade in music history.

This entry on our list of story songs from the 1970s is on the spooky side, and it’s quite a creative piece of work from Gordon Lightfoot. “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald”, a folk rock classic ...

Taste of Country said many more country stars such as Shania Twain, Reba McEntire, Billy Ray Cyrus, Doug Stone, Shelby Lynne, ...

Back in the 1970s, these three iconic country singles beat out three other iconic singles for the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Hollywood Vampires were a celebrity drinking club formed in the 1970s in Los Angeles. The group was founded by Alice ...

Jeremy Pinnell’s latest LP edges away from the strictly traditional country sound that anchored his early records, where ...

A new RNZ audio documentary explores the brilliant musicianship and musical legacy of Clarence White (1944 - 1973).

There are some incredible places to catch live music, no matter where you are in the U.S. Music lovers need to add these ...

Sanae Takaichi, a fan of Iron Maiden, had an improbable rise to power. Like her mentor, Shinzo Abe, she is expected to lead ...