Tetsu Yamauchi, who has died aged 79, was a bass guitarist who began his career in his native Japan before moving to England, ...

I don't really know the secret of how guitarists create their own unique sounds,” Rodgers tells us, “but I know a good guitar sound when I hear it” ...

Patrick Doyle has compsed scores for Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet, Henry V, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Brave, Thor ...

The Windy Cities Tour and many others lead to a Ship of Theseus-like dilemma: how many original members can a band lose and still retain its identity?

The '70s more or less invented the rock gods. But the '80s found many of these icons struggling to adapt to the sounds of a ...

The 2025 edition of the “Merry Songwriter Revue,” the sixth overall, is Saturday at BJ’s Lounge, a neighborhood watering hole in Bywater. In addition to Ever More Nest, the roster includes Alex ...

Today in Music History for Dec. 22: In 1808, Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, and Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the "Pastoral Symphony," had their world ...

Gareth Lockrane’s musical journey started at the age of 10.  As many musicians do, he gained initial inspiration from his ...

Radio X Classic Rock looks back at the year of Golden Brown, Abracadabra, Centrefold, Run To The Hills and Eye Of The Tiger.

Live At Smoke Nate Chinen’s informative sleeve note claims that the late Al Foster was born in 1943 but The New Grove ...

Perkins’ Black and Blue standout is a hard-rocking cowboy tale and should-be Stones classic “Hand of Fate.” The soulful and ...

For nine years here at WMOT, I’ve been proud and privileged to select and remark on thirty albums from the closing year that ...