In 2022, Bryan Ferry was asked by The Guardian about which covers of Roxy Music songs he enjoys the most. “Grace Jones’ version of ‘Love Is the Drug,’ is very cool,” he replied. “She worked with Sly and Robbie at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, where we recorded some of Avalon. It grooves much better […]
As you’ll see in the following ranked list of Robert Plant solo albums, crafting a solo career has been something of a quest for Led Zeppelin‘s former frontman. There have been dizzying summits, disappointing blind alleys, thrilling moments of homecoming and surprising times when he’s backtracked. We’re examining it all, from Plant’s earliest albums of […]
In the fall of 1990, Nirvana were one of the fastest-rising young rock bands in the Northwest — but they were still waiting for the drummer that would transform them into the group that bassist Krist Novoselic would later describe as “a beast that walked the earth.” That drummer was Dave Grohl — at 21, […]
Long before the cloud (whatever that is) and before playlists guessed what we’d like to discover, music was something you touched, held, and hunted for. And now, thanks to a surprising twist, the more “hands-on” approach to music is sneaking back. With the new school year in full swing and more schools banning the use […]
Vince Neil has revealed that the Christmas 2024 stroke which threatened to end his touring career was one of just four he’s suffered in recent years. In a new interview with SiriusXM’s Eddie Trunk, the Motley Crue singer recounted the immediate impact of his latest stroke: “I woke up and I couldn’t get out of […]
Devo has been a fixture on the list of acts snubbed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — especially since the group hails from Akron, Ohio, right in the back yard of the Cleveland museum. “We’ve struck out three times, so that’s probably it for us,” the group’s Mark Mothersbaugh tells UCR. But […]
Robert Plant‘s 21st-century rebirth has left most, if not all, of his 1970s rock peers looking desperate and vain in their attempts to replicate the success of their golden years. Beginning with 2007’s Raising Sand, the Grammy-winning collaboration with American bluegrass artist Alison Krauss, the former Golden God and voice of Led Zeppelin shifted away from the hard-rock sound of his […]
The Cars are releasing an expanded “Deluxe Edition” of their 1984 album, Heartbeat City, for its 40th anniversary, which took place last year. The four-CD and one-LP set arrives on Oct. 31 with discs devoted to B-sides, remixes, alternate versions and a full live show from September 1984, six months after its release. The Cars’ fifth album […]
Carlos Santana has announced his first run of show dates for 2026. More than 15 performances have been added to the guitarist’s An Intimate Evening With Santana: Greatest Hits Live at Las Vegas’ House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay. The newly added concerts are scheduled for January, February, and May 2026 and join the nearly dozen […]
Chappell Roan delivered a fiery rendition of Heart’s “Barracuda” during her Sunday concert in New York with help from Heart singer-guitarist and the song’s co-author Nancy Wilson. You can see footage from the performance at Queens’ Forest Hills Stadium below. Chappell Roan Wishes She Wrote ‘Barracuda’ Roan first covered “Barracuda” in 2024 and has since […]