Michael McDonald's skills as a singer and songwriter have made him an A-list choice for artists looking to collaborate. So, alongside great album tracks - like the Doobie Brothers' smooth-rock promise  …

After the Drifters released their '53 finger-popper "Money Honey," starring original lead singer Clyde McPhatter, the group sailed through the '50s and '60s (and revolving-door personnel shifts) on a s …

Don't worry. You're not the first person who heard a Primus song and immediately thought, Is that guy crazy? His name can't really be Mud, Mu-u-u-mud. Even the band's breakthrough singles ("Jerr …

Ministry was as much a part of industrial metal's mainstreaming as Nine Inch Nails, which is no surprise given the Leatherface grooves ("Stigmata," "The Missing"), New Order synth tones ("Every Day Is  …

She's got a voice of outlandish beauty and her dad's Ravi Shankar - which makes Norah Jones one of the most complete and purely enjoyable acts in pop today. Schooled in Dallas, she cut her teeth in Gre …

For a while, it looked like Coldplay would run out of steam, but somehow they only seem to get stronger. The outfit has survived repeated bouts of on-tour exhaustion, as well as the distraction of a ce …

Upon its release, only 500 copies of 1999's Brothers & Sisters EP were issued, which makes the lead track, "Brothers and Sisters," at once a diamond in the rough and a telling insight into the b …

You gotta start with the songs - some of the greatest soul sounds ever dreamed up: the Motown Sound stunner "My Girl"; the chiffon daydream "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" followed-up by " …

Genuine articles like Tony Joe White aren't easy to come by: Born on a Louisiana cotton farm to a part-Cherokee family, and raised on classic blues, country, and Cajun, he had exactly the right combina …