3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (296+ words) Dierks Bentley is giving back. The country star will headline the first-ever Justice Jam concert in Nashville this fall. The Tennessee Innocence Project and Washington Innocence Project are putting on the event. The organizations work to free innocent people through…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (482+ words) Jimmy Cliff, who passed away in 2025, earned his rightful recognition as one of those most responsible for bringing reggae music to the masses. Born in Jamaica, he eventually found his way to the United Kingdom. Considering he had started writing…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (259+ words) Paris Jackson is showing off her skills. The daughter of the late Michael Jackson took the stage during the Rocklahoma music festival, and wowed the crowd with a cover of Blind Melon’s 1992 hit, “No Rain.” In fan video shared on…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (318+ words) “Break Stuff” was released in 1999 on the band’s second studio album, Significant Other. The song broke into the Top 20 on both the US Alternative Airplay and the US Mainstream Rock charts. As for the album, the song helped it reach…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (490+ words) In honor of what would have been his 87th birthday, we’re exploring the complicated, often contradictory life and career of country music’s “Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy,” David Allan Coe — born in Akron, Ohio, on this day (September 6) in 1939. From a young age,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (467+ words) Today, we’re diving into the life and career of Paul Deakin on his 67th birthday. The way Paul Deakin tells it, his reasons for learning to play drums were purely pragmatic. “I wasn’t very good at sports and somewhat socially awkward…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (252+ words) American Songwriter Every Gen X music-enjoyer out there got to hear at least a few amazing pop songs hit the airwaves in 1981. If you’re one of them, I bet at least a couple of the following pop classics are still…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (311+ words) “Money For Nothing” says in part, “And he’s up there, what’s that? Hawaiian noises? / He’s banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee / Oh, that ain’t working, that’s the way you do it / Get your money for nothing, get your chicks…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (399+ words) Stephen Stills didn’t have the best luck when it came to the many bands he was a part of. Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young fell apart due to ego rifts and creative differences. Needless to say, Stills saw…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (385+ words) Buffett knew he wanted to pursue a music career after seeing a folk ensemble perform when he was a teenager. However, more important influences on his style came much earlier. His grandfather was a steamship captain, and his father was…...