It feels like only six months since I wrote a piece exploring the best rock books of 2024. Here are ten terrific books from this year. How Does i ...

David Myhr has been serving up some delectable power pop, with a strong dip into Beatlesque flavors. Get to know him.

Somewhere in the middle of his journey from New Waver to Ambient auteur, Jonathan Gregg created a fruitful mix of power pop ...

There are literally hundreds of books about The Beatles. It's hard to narrow them down to the five best, but we had a go.

Beck is one of the most interesting artists of our time. We had a listen to his complex new album, "Ride Lonesome." ...

Andy Kim went from writing bubblegum hits to penning a quirky psychedelic track that still kinda holds up. Here's what ...

Editor’s Note. This post, from way back in 2022, is perfect to bring back in time for Halloween. And if you want to learn more, CultureSonar is hosting a free Fab Four Master Class, “Another Clue for ...

Colm Clark is a freelance writer, musician and composer (a.k.a. Crush Limbo) whose music has appeared in TV and film and whose songs have been sung on New York theater stages. Despite all this (if ...

Editor’s Note: There are certain tracks that are, well, “epic” — memorable, larger than life, carved into music history. In this series, we look at one of them. What do you get when you combine ZZ Top ...

In January of 2000, Bass Player magazine devoted an issue of their publication to the evolution of the bass guitar during the 20th century. Divided into chapters, each section focused on a decade ...

Instrumental songs have been with us for a long time, having their roots in the classical music world. Although popular music would follow the path established by opera (bringing songs with vocals and ...

“Our band is made up of frustrated Jazz musicians, frustrated Rock musicians, frustrated Classical musicians, and frustrated Blues musicians. The only way for them to work out their frustrations is ...