A veteran of the Fluxus art movement, he brought an anarchic spirit to the California acid-rock scene with his band, the ...

Revisit three songs from 1969 that set the precedent for soft rock. These songs, more or less, built an entire sub-genre.

The Courant’s arts picks for Nov. 7-13 include ’60s-styled British pop, ’90s indie rockers, alt-country acts and a slew of ...

Julie Andrews, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich and Debbie Turner star in a scene from the 1965 film “The Sound of Music.” CNS ...

The 1960s offered a soundtrack for a decade of immense change, producing tunes that have managed to stick in our heads for decades. These songs are more than just oldies; they are cultural artifacts ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Dad-rock is this fascinating label in pop culture that’s often ...

Dave Ball, the multi-instrumentalist half of the 1980s synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66. The group hit the Top 10 in 1982 with their new wave cover of "Tainted Love," a 1964 song by ...

Yacht Rock — it's a celebration. Tommy Buoy of the Yachtley Crew, whose Seas the Night 2025 Tour is coming through Jersey, said no offense is meant to the soft rock bands of the '70s and '80s whose ...

These 15 rock and metal musicians over 60 years old still perform at a high caliber every night they take the stage, according to those in the crowd. We recently asked music fans on Facebook to "name ...

As the guitar-strumming will-o'-the-wisp Maria von Trapp, Julie Andrews taught us a few of her favorite things. And six decades on, "The Sound of Music" is still one of ours. Based on Rodgers and ...

“Everybody thought they were the only ones,” Niespodziani said. “And then they came to a Yacht Rock show and discovered other people feel the same way. That was a real cultural moment between 2009 and ...

Shania Twain celebrated turning 60 with an iconic throwback shared on Instagram Thursday. The "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" singer wore a sparkling blue pantsuit with a silver-trimmed blazer in the ...