Let us take you deep into the world of Sheryl Crow, where the best in her overlooked album tracks (check out her lovely, loving "Lullaby for Wyatt") live side by side with a spot-on, from-the-heart cov …

If any artist left a legacy beyond his music, Barry White was undoubtedly the one. This legacy is the babies born of parents in luhhve with his deep-dish orchestrations and that voice - a nocturnal bed …

Sometimes it seems that Elvis had more career hits than Muhammad Ali, and wrangling all his electrifying performances into even a 75-track playlist is an impossible task. (That's why we prepared a s …

These tunes transport Elvis out of his leather-clad, engine-revving teen idol years into the emotionally complex adulthood that triggered his second wave of stardom. As a nylon-string, flamenco-style g …

You know that two-fingered devil sign that's become synonymous with heavy metal? Well, it was none other than Ronnie James Dio who brought the ancient symbol into rock 'n' roll. That alone assures him  …

When you've got a voice for the ages, as did Dio, legendary rockers ring your phone off the hook with requests for your powerful pipes. Prog-metal pioneers Queensryche dialed 1-800-DIO for "The Chase"  …

Every rock 'n' roll piano player out there owes a debt to Little Richard, the Chuck Berry of the 88s. Even before Jerry Lee Lewis, Richard put the piano right up front with the guitars, bashing, bangin …

You don't blaze a brand-new trail in the American musical landscape by following anybody's rules. With Little Richard, you always have to expect the unexpected. The same guy who cut a truckload of ivor …

Even among true originals, Bobby Womack is something else entirely - a man who rebuilt the house of soul in his own image, obliterating boundaries seemingly at will. But he was also a midnight mover be …