John Lennon, a name synonymous with musical genius and unfiltered honesty, wasn’t one to shy away from speaking his mind ...

“Radio Sunshine” - a blast of summery power pop in the vein of Cheap Trick and The Raspberries with a touch of Thin ...

The closing months of 2024 and beginning of 2025 featured a wealth of quality releases from Capital Region musicians.

Jan. 7, Billie Joe Armstrong watched Callum McMorran perform Green Day's 1997 hit "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" at a Liverpool club.

In the classic rock era, live albums played a large part in the way artists connected with their fans. If a backer of an act couldn't make it out to one of their shows, at least they could pick up a ...

You know them. You love them. You’re ready to see them again. Classic rock acts typically draw enthusiastic crowds in Birmingham, and hundreds — often thousands — of fans are thrilled to revisit ...

If you own a Nintendo Switch – without doubt one of the best handheld gaming consoles – you really owe it to yourself to buy the heavy-hitters. These naturally include Super Mario Odyssey and Zelda: ...

Wrapping up this baker’s dozen-worth of songs is a reading of John Lennon’s “Gimme Some Truth” featuring friend and ex-Sex ...

Previously, I touched on the worst Christmas songs ever written, so why not try my hand at the best? The earworms, the nostalgia bringers, the tear jerkers, this list has them all, and then some!

Cheap Trick, Rockford, Illinois’s greatest musical export, released their fourth studio album, “Dream Police” on Sept. 21, 1979.

Early in the 1900s, Billboard presented charts detailing the popularity of sheet music in the U.S. In July 1940, Billboard unveiled its first chart ranking the sales of recorded songs, the 10 ...