Singer-songwriter Don McLean's original manuscript and notes to "American Pie" sold at auction Tuesday for $1.2 million. McLean offered his wistful anthem that asks "Do you recall what was...

Fluency in Spanish isn't necessary to understand Lila Downs' shape-shifting voice: It transcends language, carrying pure emotion. On her latest album, "Balas y Chocolate" (Bullets and Chocolate),...

Is this heaven-sent hair metal, or did they just get lucky? Either way, Sweet & Lynch have hit it out of the park on the debut album by some of the '80s leading purveyors of melodic...

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Richie Furay's first solo release in eight years is suffused in nostalgia and contentment, a recipe that could fall short were it not for the ringing guitar work and the soulful, occasionally...

It's been eight years since Modest Mouse's album "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" smashed onto the U.S. charts at No. 1. Will lightning strike twice for frontman Isaac Brock with the...

Mark Knopfler is on the cover of the latest issue of "Guitarist" magazine, but not because of anything he plays here. Knopfler assigns his instrument a minor role, and even when he tries to do his...

One Direction have confirmed that Zayn Malik has left the band, saying that he wants "to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time". Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam...

Rapper Kendrick Lamar went three years without releasing an album, taking his time to craft an impressive sophomore effort in "To Pimp a Butterfly." This new album was certainly worth the wait...

Get on the Houndmouth bandwagon while you can. This band is going places. The four-piece band's sophomore effort, "Little Neon Limelight," is so full of taut songwriting, engaging harmonies and...