One of modern music's headstrong mavericks, Joni Mitchell first gained acclaim during the singer/songwriter boom of the early '70s. Albums such as 1970's Ladies of the Canyon and '71's Blue

If the Ramones were the poster boys of American punk in the '70s, and Nirvana led the charge in the '90s, the bleeding heart of rough-and-ready noisemaking rested with the Replacements in the decade in …

To say that traditionalists were shocked at Miles' new direction would be putting it mildly, but two decades had passed between the first Birth of the Cool sessions and the first Bitches Brew …

The singing of Jodeci and its splinter duo, K-Ci & JoJo, is smoother than an economy-sized jar of peanut butter, but both groups are too saucy and sexualized to be classified as simply a Boyz II Men kn …

The Del Fuegos' Dan Zanes has put all the energy of his old band into creating family friendly music that's neither pablum nor advertisement disguised as song. Blondie's Debbie Harry guests for a rousi …

There's no denying the populace-pleasing powers of Missy Elliott. When she tells you to "Work It" and grinding synths agree, you work it. When she insists you "Get Ur Freak On" (and a snake-charmer of  …

Irving Berlin, the granddaddy of American songwriters, was born in 1888, the same year as inventor John Logie Baird. Berlin's "popular music" and Logie Baird's "television" would ultimately unite to fo …

If Trent Reznor had a bumper sticker customized for his car, it'd read something like "Making Death and Decay Sound Downright Pleasant Since 1988." After all, his soul-scrapping Nine Inch Nails collect …

When Nine Inch Nails retired from the road in 2009, Trent Reznor didn't hang up his drool-worthy collection of keyboards and electric guitars. He got right back to work, draping his wife's melancholic  …