The instrument gave me a way to meet the music I loved halfway, to stop being just a listener and start being a so-so but ...

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Nirvana is one of the best bands of the '90s, and songs like "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Come As You Are" are all you need to hear to prove that.

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Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with John Fogerty after his Tiny Desk performance about Proud Mary and touring with his family.

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Mitski and Flea have new albums on the way, and a classic Prince track is surging on the singles chart thanks to “Stranger Things.” ...

Many landmark moments in rock history have resulted from artists updating the blues. And 1967 proved to be an especially ...

Billy Bass Nelson, a former member of Funkadelic and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, sadly passed away at 74.

LOS ANGELES — In his seminal 1981 book “Simulacra and Simulation,” cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard argued that Disneyland is emblematic of reality’s collapse into perpetual imitation. “Disneyland ...