Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on ...

George Harrison was forever drawn to a solo by one of his early guitar idols. Joe Satriani, meanwhile, has found so much to ...

As Ozzy prepares for his last concert on July 5, Zakk delivers the inside scoop on key songs from his solo catalog ...

If every prominent musician who died prematurely had lived to the present day, who would have the best discography? It’s ...

Says producer Bob Ezrin, “We have an Alice Cooper group, not with Glen Buxton but with somebody who honors him and brings his ...

Coming from the wild and loud New York City of the mid-1960s, The Velvet Underground cut its own path, different from any other band at that time. They mixed harsh words with hard, bold sounds.

Similar to soaring guitar solos by Jerry Garcia, The Dead of Summer Music Festival continues to build in brilliance.

During the peak of his glam rock era, David Bowie had cut a near-perfect album, were it not for the unfortunate cover of a Rolling Stones track.

Uli Jon Roth, however, went to the extreme with his Sky Guitar.For years, he’d been modifying his Fender Stratocasters to expand their scope. By the end of the ’70s, long before it became a cool thing ...

I walked into Blackdot’s tattoo studio in Austin’s east side on a sweltering May afternoon. After shaking my sweat-soaked ...

Singaporean singer-songwriter WhyLucas was in Thailand competing for a spot in a boy group on the Asian survival show Chuang Asia Season 2. Though he didn't make the debut, he told AsiaOne in a recent ...

The singer, who has been playing career-spanning sets this summer, names the one record that he feels was the most personally rewarding record of his career.