The fact that Ashanti named her third album (the critically-acclaimed Concrete Rose) after 2Pac's popular poetry collection says a lot about the two worlds she occupies on a regular basis - a gr …

When conversation turns to the greatest pop bands of the '60s (as it does with an alarming frequency around the iTunes offices), the usual suspects never fail to get called out: the Beatles, the Beach  …

Once you get beyond its hits ("Elenore" and "You Showed Me") you realize The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands is a flat-out amazing album. Yes, it's a tongue-in-cheek collection, b …

Congratulations! You've just stumbled upon all that is good about rock 'n' roll. Fronted by future megastar Rod Stewart, the Faces knew how to work a deep-pocket groove over whiskey-soaked vocals and s …

Earthy and elegant, reflective and ferocious, hauntingly intimate and scathingly political: Nina Simone was a glorious blend of contradictions. She combined a Julliard classical education with a gift f …

If you want to experience Matchbox Twenty the way most of America did in '97, listen to "Push" and "3 AM" in that order. It took nearly a year for their debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You …

In 1982, after five glorious years, the Jam went out on a high, taking final single "Beat Surrender" to #1 on the U.K. singles charts, and The Gift to the top album spot. Paul Weller said he did …

Although lumped in with the punks, the Jam were also tagged as mod revivalists during their early days (they favored tailored suits over tartan and safety pins), but by the time 1978's All Mod Cons< …

In a way, Bette Midler is a woman out of time, a modern-day version of the old-school musical star who could break into song in the middle of a scene and make it look as natural as breathing. That's be …