From the British Invasion to freeform FM's radio-dial liberation, the Who might've been bigger and louder than most, but they damn sure weren't alone. Call 'em the Who in reverse: the Small Faces weren …

Think you know the Who? As far as we're concerned, you can't know enough; buried deep within the dark recesses of the group's copious catalog are dozens of criminally overlooked masterpieces. You'd hav …

Think of the Who's sound as a bank with real deep pockets; pretty much every liquid asset, from the strut to the st-st-stutter, has been borrowed - or outright heisted - by your favorite  …

Some say sampling rescued funk's forefathers from the slagheap of oldies radio; others claim a generation ambushed their elders and filched the family jewels. We've matched up funk's champion jams with …

It takes a village to raise the funk, and it boasted more parents than a school pageant's audience. In the end, each of these pioneers contributed DNA to the music's ultimate liberation through rhythm. …

Soul's old myths, like the sacred train to Jordan, seemed as out of date as zoot suits and conked hair, so funk's finest invented their own. A jumble of pharaohs, pyramids, and Nubian queens materializ …

In this time-traveling ultimate fantasy concert, three very different Elvises - from three very different decades - hit the stage, from swaggering teen to Vegas monarch. His 1954 Louisiana Hayride

Kris Allen doesn't just know pop music's greatest songs, they're encoded into his DNA as he makes them his own. He's a huge fan of Michael Jackson and Donny Hathaway, but follows newer acts like MGMT a …