Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, a founding member of Steely Dan and former guitarist with the Doobie Brothers, has written his memoir, ...

The Townshend Tapes Redux, a long-lost 1993 album from veteran rock songwriter, guitarist and cultural historian Jeff Slate ...

Musicians on Beloved and Overlooked Albums, described as "an intimate collection of essays from 80 widely acclaimed and ...

Aerosmith will return to the stage with "California, Dream On: Aerosmith & Friends," at the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 29, and ...

Blondie have announced their long-awaited 12th studio album and first collection of new material in nine years. The title, High Noon, coming February 26, 2027 via BMG, marks the final recording of ...

Michael Sadler, the vocalist and a songwriter for the longtime Canadian rock band Saga best known for their 1982 hit “On the Loose,” has revealed that he is battling a rare muscle-invasive cancer. The ...

Late in its run, there was an episode of the television program Cheers in which the mischief-making patrons of Gary’s Old Towne Tavern pranked everyone’s favorite group of barflies at Sam Malone’s ...

Just a few months shy of a half century after its release, the Rolling Stones’ Black and Blue is back in a “super deluxe” edition that includes four CDs (or five vinyl LPs) and a Blu-ray disc. Also in ...

When is it time to call it a day? When I started Best Classic Bands in earnest in autumn 2014 and flipped the “on” switch for the website in June 2015, my intention was to celebrate the artists, music ...

The Blues Project, the New York City-based band whose mid-’60s albums helped usher in the blues-rock revolution—and which then expanded into other musical areas—will release Evolution, their first ...

There’s a reason so many classic rock fans can still remember the first time they heard that opening riff—the one built on torrential rain, a tolling bell and a chord progression so unsettling it ...

Poco never quite got their due. Born from the breakup of Buffalo Springfield in 1968, the group’s crucial early lineup featured Richie Furay and Jim Messina alongside Rusty Young, George Grantham and ...