After seven years together, Canadian band Stars shows its veteran status with the carefully constructed 'In Our Bedroom...

[Editor's note: Robert Gordon passed away on October 18, 2022, at the age of 75.]

Elvis Presley's "Hillbilly Cat" days...

It's happy 40th birthday to Gillian Welch today, and so we look back to her June 2007 visit with Rita Houston at Bonnaroo...

Since writing poetry as a teenager and making his first foray into songs on 1970's 'Small Talk at 125th & Lenox,' Gil Scott...

Combine the country-rock roots of Emmylou Harris and the innovative production style of Daniel Lanois, and the result is the...

Jose Gonzalez earned a lot of buzz last year with the U.S. release of his debut album 'Veneer,' and now the Swede is ready...

The Waterboys are back in fine form on the new album 'Book of Lightning,' combining sweeping, romantic arrangements and a...

Jimmy Webb kept writing when the heyday of professional songwriting ended in the mid 60s, and added landmark tunes like...

Britain's Natasha Khan hopes to liven all of the senses with her musical project Bat For Lashes, and seems to have stirred...

Update: Hugh Masekala passed away on January 23, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the age of 78. It was an honor to...

Songwriter Jesca Hoop has caught a lot of ears (including those of Tom Waits) with her eclectic, challenging, and catchy...

The band Soulive's high energy groove is now part of the Stax Records roster thanks to their new album 'No Place Like Soul.'...

14 years after their last studio album, Crowded House returns in fine form with a collection of new tunes called "Time On...

Raul Malo made his name in the eclectic country troupe The Mavericks, and now returns to those country roots on the album...

The Frames' Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Marketa Irglova formed the musical duo The Swell Season as a side...

Singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson is known for adding a dose of melancholy to his polished folk-pop tunes, but he takes it in...

As a producer, Mark Ronson puts his stamp on contemporary classics like Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse, and as a DJ he mixes...