Forget being bigger than Jesus. How about a band that's bigger than the Beatles? (Or at least aspires to be.) That's exactly what the Brothers Gallagher set out to do in 1994 with the wind-tunnel rush  …

Oasis' flame burned big and bright for nearly two decades, as Liam and Noel Gallagher and a shifting cast of fellow travelers started a Britpop revolution but made trend-defying music built to stand th …

It's a long haul from winning an Oklahoma City talent contest in 1952 to hooking up with Jack White for 2011's The Party Ain't Over, but then again, the limits of Wanda Jackson's endurance in the rock  …

Wanda Jackson broke the mould for female country artists with mid-'50s stage outfits, which were (relatively, at least) a little risquT - but even though high heels, long earrings, and fringe dresses s …

Swedish pop superstar Robyn began her career long before she could legally do most grown-up stuff - she got her break on the TV show Lilla Sportspegeln in 1991, age 13 - so some kind of calamitous burn …

Jamey Johnson is that rare beast - a Nashville liberal - which has set him apart from most of his blue-collar contemporaries and aligned him with country-outlaw legends Merle, Willie, and Waylon, as we …

When you've got a heaven-sent, honey-toned voice like Sia's - the kind that can melt the words of a tune into a crushed-velvet croon - the world will look to you for sweet, burnished ballads. Make no m …

As her cover of the Church's '80s college-rock hit showed, Sia has a knack for making other artists' classic tunes her own. The Kinks rarity "I Go to Sleep" has been covered by everyone from Peggy Lee  …

The daughter of a Oaxacan cabaret singer and an American art professor, Lila Downs' dark, smoky voice delivers the deep emotion of fado and mariachi music with ranchera, norte±o, and tejano influences. …