Spotted by Bill Chambers before she was a teenager (albeit a pre-teen well-versed in the songs of Jimmie Rodgers), then mentored by Bill's daughter Kasey, Novocastrian country talent Catherine Britt ma …

No 20th-century composer explored, channelled, and reflected the American landscape as effectively as Aaron Copland, a son of Lithuanian immigrants who was raised above a department store in Brooklyn.  …

In 1978, Gerry Rafferty exploded from his roots in folk-rock and pop with "Baker Street", a towering single that was huge on both sides of the Atlantic and featured that sax — an iconic blast of …

The swirling, circus-of-pain intro; the lyrics that lay a broken heart bare; the fragile and, yes, smoky falsetto — it can only be "The Tears of a Clown", the crowning composition in the catalogue of M …

Nur wenigen Bands der früheren DDR glückte es, durch den Eisernen Vorhang auch die Musikfans im Westen auf sich aufmerksam zu machen. Einzigartig ist dabei der Erfolg von Karat, die mit „Über sieben Br …

With roots in Norwood, Ontario, Three Days Grace was the result of a splinter from the five-strong Groundswell. The compact trio of Adam Gontier, Brad Walst, and Neil Sanderson hit the ground running i …

The twin strands of country and rock intertwine with serpentine ease around the phenomenal pop package that is Kasey Chambers, whose rugged rural spirit, musical heritage, and international crossover a …

Chris Cornell's story is a strange one — a plot he couldn't have predicted with the clearest crystal ball. Let's take a look at the timeline: grunge pioneer with Soundgarden; a 21st-century frontman wi …

Chris Cornell's story is a strange one — a plot he couldn't have predicted with the clearest crystal ball. Let's take a look at the timeline: grunge pioneer with Soundgarden; a 21st-century frontman wi …