Here are the 11 best prog rock albums from the 1970s! Progressive rock began in the late 1960s, but it didn’t hit its stride commercially or creatively until the next decade (with artists such as King ...

Today marks the 26th birthday of YoungBoy Never Broke Again (born Kentrell DeSean Gaulden), which makes it a fitting moment to reflect on his evolving legacy. Rising from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ...

PRE-LIST ENTERTAINMENT, PART 1: WHAT IS A “LOST” ALBUM, EXACTLY? I am not talking about records that didn’t get their due in their time. And I’m not counting albums that are out of print or absent ...

Plot a musician’s catalogue by quality over time, and you’ll often get a line that slopes downwards as the years progress. The best final albums are exceptions: lightning bolts of inspiration ...

There’s something seductively audacious about the concept album. While most records aim simply to collect a dozen good songs, the concept album goes further – weaving tracks together with a narrative ...

David Coverdale was seven albums into his band's career when a power ballad catapulted them to MTV and radio stardom. This is their story before and after. Continue reading… ...

Young Thug released his highly anticipated album UY SCUTI last weekend and it arrived as both a reclamation and somewhat of a reckoning. Named after one of the largest stars in the universe, the title ...

Mariah Carey is one of the bestselling artists of all time, with a staggering 19 Number One hits on the Billboard Hot 100, holding the record as the solo artist with the most chart-toppers in history.

Chris Daughtry has gone over to the dark side. You can see it right on his skin: his arms and shoulders newly blacked out, smothering his previous tattoos under unbroken sleeves of ink. And it can be ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...