Elliott Smith performs on stage at Leeds Festival, United Kingdom, 1998. He is playing a Gibson ES330 guitar. (Photo by Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images) As I have already written about a few times during ...

The movies have always loved giving actors the chance to play rock star or impersonate an iconic musician/singer, recreating those famous “Eureka!” studio moments and greatest-hits shows for any ...

For at least the past decade, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter has been the world’s greatest living entertainer. Who else can annihilate complex dance routines and maintain pristinely powerhouse vocals ...

James Farrell is a breaking news reporter on the Forbes news team. In a year dominated by modern pop mainstays like Taylor Swift (age 34) and rising stars like 20-year-old Olivia Rodrigo, musicians ...

Nothing beats the sounds of quality music. Sometimes, the 60's, 70's, and 80's music is way better than today's music. Where can you go to grab a beer, eat some good food, socialize, and relax to old ...

For half his life Composer Jean Sibelius has been treated like a national hero in his native Finland. The Finnish Government has long subsidized him so that he could give all his time to writing music ...

Sometimes you just want to relax and unwind without too much commotion or flash. Sure, maybe that makes you feel "old" but think of it as wiser for it. Loud with lots of energy is fine sometimes, ...

Old songs now represent 70 percent of the U.S. music market, according to the latest numbers from MRC Data, a music-analytics firm. Those who make a living from new music—especially that endangered ...