To musical bluebloods, or blue-ears, or whatever you might call them, pop music has always been seen as an opiate for the masses. Listeners with taste never go for the most popular. They are more ...

Can you name these ’70s pop hits from a single line? The 1970s represented a vibrant and extraordinarily diverse era for popular music, producing an incredible range of sounds that reflected the ...

Sylvester Stewart – AKA Sly Stone – died this week, and tributes began pouring in from every corner of the musical universe. It was well-deserved. Sly towered over pop music in the late 1960s and ...

Those of us who were raised on music videos in the 1980s and 1990s remember the golden age of the medium. Every few minutes a new video would come on the screen on channels like MTV or VH1, and you’d ...

Arguably, the most notable example of medieval prog rock is Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven”. However, a true medieval prog rock fan would likely argue that “Stairway To Heaven” is not a valid ...

Muskrat mating is so sensational that songs have been written about it. Fans of 1970s pop music might be familiar with a certain ballad, written by Willis Alan Ramsey and popularized by bands like ...

Pop music has always been a significant driver of social change, and feminism within this genre has played a crucial role in shaping societal norms and perceptions. From the early years of pop music ...

With Paul Williams, he wrote enduring 1970s pop classics like “We’ve Only Just Begun” and “Rainy Days and Mondays.” By Alex Williams Roger Nichols, a California songwriter and musician who, with his ...

The 1970s represented a vibrant and extraordinarily diverse era for popular music, producing an incredible range of sounds that reflected the cultural shifts and musical experimentation of the decade.