The band Led Zeppelin is pretty much synonymous with classic rock, and hard rock in general—so much so that the stylistic variety of their music is often overlooked. Jimmy Page...
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I should begin this profile with the disclaimer that Roxy Music seems to be a band I could never bring myself to love as much as I felt I ought...
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Founded by brothers Ron and Russell Mael, Sparks perhaps arrived on the music scene a bit too soon. Their quirky, smart-ass take on rock music might have found more success...
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What started as one of the UK’s premier blues-rock bands became a US/UK pop sensation. Fleetwood Mac should need little introduction, so let’s dive in. Playlist 1 When the remnants...
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Around the turn of the century, I found myself pleasantly sinking into a mild Krautrock phase, delving fairly deeply into the discography of Can and Neu!, and touching on that...
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Marvin Gaye was one of the key figures in the history of R&B and soul music. He scored major hits for Motown (via its Tamla subsidiary) throughout the ‘60s. After...
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Founded in Hamburg, Germany, the avant-garde band Faust pioneered their own special brand of experimental, psychedelic weirdness, improvised noise, tape manipulations, and sound collage. Here’s a fine sampler. I assume…
As the ‘70s began, Donny Hathaway sprung onto the R&B/soul scene with one song—“The Ghetto”—that stands as one of the greatest and most influential tracks of its time. The song…
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