Anyone can try to catch the ear of the public, but these artists ended up trading in their integrity to become a punchline.

Unlikely scenario, but, if someday Genesis—a whimsical prog band who just lost their visionary frontman and who would, within ...

Powerhouse guitarist Tim DiJulio has existed for years on the edge of the city's music radar screen. Now, at 57, he is on the ...

After a cancelled world tour and a break from the spotlight, singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes has finally released his fifth ...

Paul McCartney used a popular but widely unavailable American rock classic to impress John Lennon when auditioning for the Quarrymen.

We've all been there. Or worse still, you're playing, all is well, and then the mind goes blank. Here, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, ...

Many times, I don’t know what I’m going to do until I hear, ‘Roll it,’ ” Kansas guitarist Rich Williams tells Guitar Player. ...

When Joshua Radin picked up a guitar for the first time at age 30, it was a meditative tool to help him while crafting ...

For the latest record from Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour, the Stax legend enlists two equally iconic players. Here three ...

As you will see in the below list of the Top 50 New Wave Songs, chosen by the UCR staff, many of these tracks would fit comfortably within other playlists from the era, not just punk, but also pop, ...

A song heavy with restlessness, "Urge for Going" was written in the mid-'60s before Mitchell left Canada, and was originally recorded by her friend Tom Rush. It was eventually released as a B-side to ...

Billy Corgan is a guitar god, he’ll have you know. In a recent interview with Guitar World, the Smashing Pumpkins mastermind complains that he doesn’t get nearly enough recognition when listicles of ...