In 1975, Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt published Oblique Strategies, a set of cards to help one escape writer’s block. Here are some examples: “Simple subtraction,” “Retrace your steps,” and “Repetition ...

Dean Johnson is a rising artist in Americana music. In this interview, we talk about his new album, 'I Hope We Can Still Be Friends'.

Country music in the 1990s marked a major transition in the genre, and these three songs still hit to this day.

With Sammy Hagar claiming Eddie Van Halen visited him in a dream, David Lee Roth shared his own experience with his late friend.

These three country musicians made these songs into their own thanks to the success they achieved with them, but they belong to someone else.

The Eagles delivered a passel of hits in the 70s. These five album cuts easily could have added to that total.

A-ha's "Take On Me" was a huge hit, but that only became true after it was released for a second time and given a new music video.

Frank Zappa's relationship with counterculture was very complex, and one facet of it he disagreed with was its emphasis on drugs.

"He was there in the studio and I went up to him and said, 'I'm a songwriter and I'd love to play you a song I wrote for you." ...

Debut albums rarely turn rookie musicians into major players, but every so often, they do. Here are three albums that did the unexpected.

People once wondered if Madonna could pull off a ballad. "Crazy For You" answered those doubters from the top of the charts.

After releasing their collaboration, "Bowery," Kings of Leon and Zach Bryan have teamed up for another song, "We're Onto Something." ...