The Band's back-to-basics style was far removed from the psychedelic sounds that were all the rage when they started out. Instead of tarting up their tunes with trippy touches, they dug deeply into the …

Usher Raymond has had one amazing ride . . . so far. In a relatively short span of time, he's compiled a scroll of accomplishments that stretches from Atlanta to Hollywood and back again - from GRAMMYr …

Usher's ability to play to hip-hop, soul, and pop crowds has brought him a healthy fan base. He's a triple threat - singer, dancer, and actor . . . not to mention a basketball team co-owner (Cleveland  …

The seeds of Heart took root in Seattle, where guitarist Nancy Wilson fronted a Led Zeppelin cover band. Eventually, they changed their name to Heart, but they never lost that reverence for sublime har …

Friends since high school, Georgia girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers began playing together in the early '80s, joining unique sensibilities into a duo whose possibilities soon exceeded their two-girls-an …

More than 25 years of making music together means a lot of great Indigo Girls music that flies under the radar -that's where we come in, searching the Girls' vast catalog end-to-end to cull the best of …

From their humble beginnings as a cover band in upstate New York to their mega-star, GRAMMY-winning breakthroughs of the '90s, the Goo Goo Dolls were one of a handful of acts whose endless string of hi …

John Mellencamp has been an inspirational fighter all his life, first to beat his crippling childhood illness (spina bifida), then to reclaim his name from record company marketing departments, and onw …

Scarecrow, from 1985, is John Mellencamp's heartland masterwork, a bold and solid attempt to explore the hopes and fears of Middle America that is every bit as passionate and authentic as the co …