This article, along with others exploring the life and legacy of an American rock icon, is featured in Newsweek's Special Commemorative Edition: Tom Petty. Though Tom Petty's name normally doesn't ...

Roger Linn's wildly successful LinnDrum drum machine was a big part of the computer-pop revolution that sucked the soul and humanity out of pop music in the 1980s. Now, he's part of a group of ...

Two LPs’ worth of Jimi Hendrix‘s rare instrumental studio recordings will be available as the new “official bootleg” Hear My Music on November 28th as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday event.

Peoria radio used to be beautiful. In the 1970s and 1980s, central Illinois featured three stations that played beautiful music, a format that featured instrumental versions of pop favorites, soothing ...

Cotton Eyed Joe is an American classic, played at what seems like every gathering, but did you know it has ties to Southeast Texas? Isaac Sweat's first major hit in the early 1980s was a vocal cover ...