Today in Music History for Jan. 15: In 1882, tenor Henry Burr (born Harry McClaskey), the most prolific recording artist of his era, was born in St. Stephen, N.B. He recorded an estimated 12,000 ...

"He has left an unmistakable legacy, and will be profoundly missed by us, his family, and countless others whose lives he ...

A former rock journalist reviews memoirs by Lemonhead Evan Dando, teen Rolling Stone writer Cameron Crowe and feminist punk ...

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The Emmy-nominated composer Guy Moon has died at the age of 63.

The songwriter, guitarist and singer, who died at 78, animated the Grateful Dead from within. Bob Weir — the Grateful Dead’s ...

For anyone who's ever watched someone stop mid-sentence when a certain song comes on, these nine tracks from the 60s and 70s ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd has “about 30 songs” written with late guitarist Gary Rossington that the band still hopes to record and release. In a recent conversation with French outlet Riff X, singer Johnny Van ...

The country music world lost a legend on Christmas day as Stu Phillips died. He was 92. Phillips was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry. The Opry acknowledged his death in a post on X and ...

Don Bryant, one of the last great Memphis soul singers and songwriters, has died. The co-author of a string of classic R&B hits for his wife, Ann Peebles — including “I Can’t Stand the Rain” — Bryant ...

Howie Klein, a veteran record executive, radio DJ and political activist who was a leader in the famously artist-friendly Warner Music family during its golden era of the 1980s and early ‘90s, died ...

"Hearing her voice always warms my heart and reminds me how blessed I was to have been loved so deeply," she tells PEOPLE Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...