Woodstock, a three-day festival that started on Friday, August 15, 1969, wasn’t the only memorable festival of its time, but it remains the touchstone. The mythology holds that Woodstock changed
When Ray Charles recorded his groundbreaking album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, in 1962, he turned to some of the founding fathers of country songwriting for the song
It’s the summer of 1964. America is knee-deep in The Beatles, of course, not to mention Gerry & the Pacemakers, the Dave Clark 5, the Animals, and the rest of
For a so-called one-hit wonder, Frederick Knight has been involved in a lot of hits. Still best known for the title track of this superb album, I’ve Been Lonely For
"Anyway, that's all I've done this week is discover Chappell Roan," Adele said. Adele performs onstage at Messe München on Aug. 2, 2024 in Munich, Germany. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for
All the years of building their British fan base reached critical mass for INXS in 1992. After three consecutive Top 10 albums in the UK, they wasted no time at
"As much as it pains me to say this, it's time to close this chapter," says director Peter Noble. Next year's festival "will be our last." Bluesfest Courtesy Bluesfest BRISBANE,
Can you name the song that connects the Beach Boys with the Rolling Stones? It is the fabulous “Fannie Mae” by Buster Brown. Beach Boy, Bruce Johnston takes up the
A momentous date in US chart history, as well as in the latter-day Motown story, arrived on August 15, 1992. It was the start of the road for “End Of
No other music festival quite encapsulates the idealism of the 60s like Woodstock. This remarkable event, held at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm, near White Lake in Bethel, upstate New