A new Sony Music contest called Bruce Springsteen 101 Essentials can help you get the look and the vibe of Bruce Springsteen ...

When MTV launched in August 1981, few understood how it would revolutionize the music industry. By 1982, music videos had come to define artists as much as their studio recordings. Video directors ...

In 1982, hip-hop—no longer underground, but still considered a fad by many—was at a crossroads. The decade had begun with rising inflation and declining standards of living, as high unemployment rates ...

A previously unheard collection of seven songs that Duff McKagan wrote and recorded in 1982 with his pre-Guns N’ Roses band the Living will finally be made available to the public on April 16th when ...

Prince delivers a delirious rendition of “1999” in a previously unreleased clip from his December 29th, 1982 concert at the Summit in Houston, Texas. The entire show will be released on DVD as part of ...

Willie Nelson is a living legend. Alabama is one of the most successful bands in the history of country music. These are things nearly every fan of the genre knows. However, some may not realize that ...

IN THE high years, when WABC was rolling, it wasn’t so much a radio station as a language, a common tongue spoken by an astounding percentage of the people who lived anywhere within the range of its ...

John Williams has been making movie magic with his music for decades, transporting audiences on emotional cinematic journeys to a galaxy far far away, to a school for young witches and wizards, to an ...

The Living, a short-lived early-’80s Seattle punk band that featured a 17-year-old Duff McKagan on guitar, are releasing their lost 1982 debut album for the first time. McKagan, who went on to play ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Captured on stage at Hop Singh's club in southern California, this ...

Back catalog business is booming -- and these collections made the most of it. By Ron Hart Back catalogs are big business in this music industry. It seems as though every couple of months you read ...