At one point or another, most classic artists or bands go for broke. For Electric Light Orchestra, that moment came with their 1977 double album Out of the Blue. Jeff Lynne and company went for the ...

Jeff Lynne never really needed the limelight onstage, but he knew the studio could excite him more than anything else.

Sly Stone’s hit-making era lasted all of six years — from the end of 1967 to the end of 1973 — but the music he made over that half-decade helped map the future. The singer, songwriter, producer and ...