America could be a turbulent, paranoid, often violent place. These 23 songs soundtrack those dark, strange times ...

Here are 11 of the best love songs by some of the biggest bands in heavy metal. Metal bands aren't always known for their ability to be touchy feely, but on more than one occasion, heavy metal has ...

In online videos, a 65-year-old rocker named Michael Bennett sings about being estranged from his son. The songs are stirring emotions, even though the singer's fake.

Our resident metalhead Robin Askew ranks the greatest heavy metal LPs ever committed to vinyl Well, this was a tough one.

Baz Luhrmann is about to dive back into his long-aborning Joan of Arc movie. But before he does, he had to return to the Elvis well, and the King’s new and returning subjects are glad he did. “EPiC: ...

A Biography of Al Green by Jimmy McDonough, and the popularity of Green’s recordings on reissue CD’s and streaming outlets, it’s appropriate to display a 2004 interview I initially conduced for HITS ...

The thick, saturated rhythm of a double bass bounces around the brick-laden walls of Bacchus. Two men clink their glasses at the bar, splashing beer on the wooden counter. A low hum resonates from ...

Phil Mogg talks UFO Deluxe 2026 remaster of The Wild, The Willing and The Innocent, plus Brian Kehew’s unreleased Hammersmith ’81 mix.

The three guitar-led songs below were deeply important to rock history. They all changed the course of rock, redirecting the genre.

Let’s start with a more modern pop song, shall we? This jam from Lady Gaga is definitely a pop song from a pop diva, but it has such a notable glam rock and even heartland rock edge to it. Some might ...

The Lazours’ intimate new musical about illness and mortality is also about finding solace in other people, and in art.