After making a batch of solo masterpieces, the eternally restless Todd Rundgren put together Utopia, which lasted more than a decade, going through drastic shifts in personnel and especially style. The …

When a skinny 24-year-old from North Carolina belted out a shatteringly soulful version of "Always and Forever" on the 2003 American Idol audition episode, the nation didn't yet realize it had just met …

One of the many traits Clay Aiken shares with the great interpreters who've gone before him - aside from the obvious, superhuman vocal chops - is the ability to tackle a song from almost any source and …

With his trademark top hat, long silver locks, and old-prospector beard, Leon Russell has always cut a flamboyant figure as instantly memorable as his music. Whether you've heard him pumping out his ow …

Leon Russell's music is as many-sided and deceptively complex as the man himself. He's as likely to be found trading verses with Joe Cocker on a soul-drenched version of Bob Dylan's "Girl from the Nort …

Don't just take our word for it - even with all their fame and fortune, high-powered celebs like Kate Hudson and Denise Richards have just as much trouble putting their untiring little angels to …

You've gone through every trick in your repertoire, from reading out loud to making barnyard animal sounds, and you still can't get that lovable little fusspot to start sawing wood. That's when it's ti …

From the jump, Stanley Clarke strode the boards with both moxie and majesty. A one-man musical melting pot, he pioneered a bass style that matched a dash of Bootsy and a dollop of Mingus with a side or …

From the '70s on, Stanley Clarke's combo platter of fat-back funk, rock peacock strut, and cosmic jazz explorations made him one of the most breathlessly praised, closely studied players around. The ja …