It might be stretching the truth - but only a little bit - to say that if there were no Pete Seeger, there'd be no folk scene at all in America. After all, he's been making music for seven decades now, …

Some of Pete's biggest songs are ones that influenced somebody else to record them. Take the "Wreck of the John B," which you probably first heard as "Sloop John B." The Weavers' version, comple …

Alejandro Escovedo's got a roots-rock rep your average Americana Joe would trade his battered Telecaster for; when he fell deathly ill, a 2004 benefit album included everyone from Steve Earle to Lucind …

Decades of dangerous cool and stacks of soul-wracking songs have earned Alejandro Escovedo some heavy friends. When Bruce Springsteen hit Houston on his '08 Magic tour, he brought Escovedo onsta …

When Michael BublT sings the swanky, man-about-town standard "Call Me Irresponsible," he's not trying to cash in on a post-rock nostalgia; BublT comes by his retro cred honestly, with a childhood spent …

Bend your ears to the new-school swing of a live "Summer Wind" or a rowdy "I've Got the World On a String," and you might just think you hear the second coming of Sinatra and Darin. But while Michael B …

The reason, of course, that Jethro Tull is filed under "J" is because it's the band's name, not a person (see Complete Set for explanation). In many ways, the band wasn't even a single band, mov …

Ask any critic or song-quoting record collector: Massive Attack's Blue Lines platter changed everything about electronic music in the early '90s, hammering home the hazy trip-hop template of eerie soul …

Considering how cinematic Massive Attack sounds on a normal day, it's no wonder why they landed the score of the fist-flailing Jet Li film Danny the Dog. They nailed every last scene, too, from the chu …