Though rockers heard the call of the West Coast in the ’60s, it was the ’70s that put California rock into full swing. For ...

As the live-concert business slowly emerges from the pandemic ashes, now would be a fine time to flick our emotional Bics in the direction of the screens that have sustained us. While clubs, arenas ...

The “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything” filmmakers aren’t out to make a claim for supremacy, just relevancy… though it may be hard to make a case that, in rock and R&B, at least, the two ...

Calling any one year the most important in music history is a daring endeavor. But the creative team behind Apple TV+'s 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything, an eight-episode documentary ...

These classic rock albums from 1972 are some of the best the decade had to offer; and the 70s certainly had a lot to offer.

The Vietnam War, the Attica prison inmate revolt, Jim Morrison of The Doors' Paris death, Charles Manson's guilty verdict for murder, the Stanford Prison Experiment. There are a lifetime of momentous ...

Presenting: 15 of the highest-performing songs in music history. "Bohemian Rhapsody" isn't just a song; it's a journey ...

In March of 1971, Aretha Franklin performed a three-night stand at the Fillmore West, promoter Bill Graham's legendary venue and home base of bands like the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane.

Music fans typically survey rock history linearly or chronologically: First, there was Elvis, then the Beatles, then the Summer of Love … and so on. But that’s not really how life works. When artists ...

If there is a Rock and Roll Hell, an inner circle is devoted for old fans who insist on telling you how the music was so much better back in the day. You know the argument: musicians were more ...

Was 1971 the best single year for recorded popular music, ever? Or merely the year in which it reached peak cultural significance? Maybe, just maybe, the answer could be: both. You’ll certainly be ...