Fighting was a deliberate counterpunch: harder, grittier, a shift from cocktails to snakebite. Not that the contrast’s absolute. Spirit Slips Away’s languid melodics chime more with Nightlife’s tone ...

Original Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell explains the roots and finer points of his Whiskey in the Jar guitar solo and phrasing and how he got the tone on the record ...

A true test of a great country song is one that sounds great years, and even decades after they were first released. These four country songs were released in 1982, but are still classics, 43 years ...

We just named Westside Cowboy one of the Best New Artists Of 2025, and they're gearing up to start 2026 off with a bang. In January — just in time for their European tour dates supporting Geese — the ...

To use a metaphor, when it comes to popular music in the 1980s, the decade was like a science lab with different experiments happening in every corner. New genres were bubbling up, old ones were ...