When Jimmy Eat World got its "big break" (a contract with Capitol) in the early '90s, they simply wanted to be like Fugazi and Sunny Day Real Estate - indie acts with a tight-knit following and an invi …

OK, so we couldn't help but include three more tracks from Jimmy Eat World's self-titled smash on this Next Steps list, including the tension-breaking builds of "Get It Faster" and the acoustic-driven  …

Even before John Lennon launched his solo career, he'd already attained a measure of success most artists can only barely imagine - and only a handful ever achieve. Recognized, lauded, deified,  …

John Lennon, especially in comparison to his fellow bandmates, maintained a tough-guy facade, but a sentimental streak coursed broad and deep through his veins. The leather-jacket-clad singer poses on  …

Nile Rodgers began his steady rise to fame at 19, when he took the stage as part of the Apollo Theater's house band. Playing with such legends as Aretha Franklin and Parliament Funkadelic, the picked u …

With a new supporting cast, Nile Rodgers returned to his rhythm guitar role with a reunited Chic in 1992. The memory-jarring Chic-Ism album did more than save the plummeting sales of polyester,  …

Contemporary gospel is far more inflected with R&B now than in the classic "vocalist-over-big-choir" era: Fred Hammond's duet with American Idol finalist Ruben Studdard reminds us more of D'Ange …

Big and brawny, but never overwhelming, capable of great agility and touching gentleness - that's the sound of Dexter Gordon's remarkable tenor saxophone. Unhurried at any speed and always quick with a …

Skewering the notion that following a formula equals mainstream success, L.A. rockers Hoobastank made a multi-platinum impact on American music by steadfastly refusing to stick to a single style. The b …