Guitar Player on MSN5d
"I decided that I was going to write a song with a lot of chords." Robby Krieger tells how he wrote a timeless hit with "Light My Fire"
Light My Fire” wasn’t the Doors’ first single — that honor went to “Break on Through (To the Other Side).” It was actually ...
American Songwriter2d
The Blondie Lyric That Took a Breakup With a Grain of Salt
Considering the song was bouncing around in the band’s hopper for several years before they recorded it, it’s a good thing ...
Ultimate Classic Rock on MSN2d
Quincy Jones Stopped Steve Lukather From Going Metal on ‘Beat It’
Steve Lukather reflected on playing on Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' as he paid tribute to Quincy Jones in a November 2024 ...
Paste9d
50 Albums Later, There’s Still a Bit of Luck Left in Herb Alpert’s Trumpet
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and ...
13 hit songs hated by the musicians who wrote them
We all have those tunes that just get under our skin, but what happens when it’s one you came up with in the first place?
How Rod Stewart corralled chaos to make his solo classic Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells A Story arrived by accident, was rescued by some last-minute songs, a fat slice of luck and a dozen hard-drinking hombres – and helped launch Rod Stewart’s solo caree ...
Ultimate Classic Rock on MSN5d
Why Howard Jones Covered Donald Fagen’s ‘I.G.Y.’
Howard Jones tells UCR during a 2024 interview how his version ruffled some feathers and also discusses his tour with Daryl Hall.
Guitar Player on MSN4d
“I had this really nice old Strat I used for a lot of stuff. I loved Jimi Hendrix so much and I really liked the tonality of that guitar.” Chris Stein on Blondie’s hit ...
Beneath its frenetic drum beat, power-pop guitars and echoes of ’60s girl groups, Blondie’s 1979 single “Dreaming” conceals a ...
Andre 3000 charms crowd with flutes, humor at Akron Civic Theater show
Andre 3000 brought his all-improvised "New Blue Sun Tour" to the Akron Civic Theatre. The four-piece group played 90 minutes ...
The Genius of Quincy Jones in 15 Songs
Spanning 70 years and towering roles as a musician, songwriter/ composer, producer, arranger, entrepreneur and more, Quincy ...
The Express Tribune12d
Are The Beatles still fab?
According to Forbes, the Beatles album Abbey Road – the cover of which famously features the group strolling along a zebra ...