In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

Gordon Lightfoot’s The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was released less than a year after the ship sank and became an instant hit. The lyrics secured the ship’s place in history despite several ...

Classic songs feel familiar because we’ve heard them hundreds of times on the radio, in movies, and at parties. Beneath those ...

The Virginia Arts Festival’s two recent offerings, the Soweto Gospel Choir, back in Norfolk for a third time, and the American dance company Step Afrika (born of a partnership with Soweto Dance ...

The Beatles' sendoff rooftop concert in 1969 might be the most legendary impromptu set of all time. Here are just a few memorable moments.

After quitting his gig as a research scientist and releasing his first song aged 40, Stephen Wilson Jr has established himself as one of the most intriguing, and talented, country music newcomers in ...

The Mac version of Apple Music lets you organize playlists into folders and iOS 26 brings that capability to your iPhone. In the Playlists section of your Apple Music Library, just tap the plus ( +) ...

It's a portrait of the '70s folk-rock star, and of "Cat's in the Cradle," the tune that turned daddy issues into mythology.

Brandi Carlile’s “Returning to Myself” album, her first solo release in four years, is likely to debut in the top 10 when ...

"67," pronounced "six seven," spread from a rap song, through sports and social media, to classrooms and homes across the U.S. But even the artist who coined it struggles to define it.

Dictionary.com's most recent Word of the Year is actually a number. The online dictionary named "6-7" as the 2025 Word of the ...