Rachel Sumner's bluegrass band, Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light, plays to tradition but stretches it, too, with feminist ...

In the mid-1960s, a combination of innovation and fortune allowed Dave Davies and The Kinks to invent what would later ...

On her second LP Milk Pool, Merpire transmutes alternative pop into something dreamier and blurrier, without sacrificing hooks and momentum.

Taylor Harris’s dad was a preacher in a church with no piano player. He stuck a guitar in his 12-year-old daughter’s hands, ...

After running Everest Music and our School of Music for more than two decades, I’ve seen every kind of beginner—nervous kids, ...

Being in the punk scene was the first time I made trans friends — the first time I made queer friends, really, who weren't white bisexual women. Some nights, I'd go and find the person I'd been ...

Guitarist Jack Simmons unpacks his wild ESP refinish, why pinch harmonic riffs are the best riffs, and how he grabbed Ronnie ...

Whether it’s a ghostly melody, eerie lyrics, or an emotional punch that won’t quit, these tracks have a special power. Here’s ...

The original Beats Pill popularized the portable speaker category. Its powerful bass output, sleek form factor, and trendy ...

Gang of Four’s recent years have been marked by loss, in addition to celebration. Gill passed away in 2020, and Allen died in 2025. Their deaths added a layer of poignancy to the band’s final concerts ...

The Montrealer’s musical aspirations were sidetracked when he was appointed to the Senate in 2016, but that changed when he ...

Won't the Latin Recording Academy show some love to independent artists? We make the case for exciting releases by Juana ...