DeBarge is one of the best musical acts to come out of Motown (which is saying something, because Motown had all kinds of great talent). They were a b-boy band of the highest order, creating music ...

Hoyt Axton is a household name when it comes to folk music. He was a man with a big heart and a mind constantly creating new music. During his life, Hoyt Axton wrote hundreds of songs that have been ...

If America has a sound, it was born in Memphis. As the largest city on the Mississippi River, Memphis, Tennessee is not only ...

Jethro Tull is a British rock band that has been in the music industry for more than fifty years. The original band was formed in 1967 by Ian Anderson, ...

“We Ball” is a more recent release from Ace Hood. Specifically, it was on his fifth studio album – Mr. Hood – in 2020. This is one of those songs on the more thoughtful end of things. The name refers ...

Anyone who spends even a small amount of time listening to rock music should be familiar with Layne Staley, the frontman or the group Alice in Chains. He was active with the band from the time that ...

Country music’s roots are in rural areas of the Southern and Western United States. Traditional Celtic and Scottish folk songs and ballads started evolving in the Appalachian Mountains. In 1923, ...

By now, there is a long tradition of ex-Disney stars launching independent music careers. Coco Jones is an excellent example. Those curious should know ...

Outlaw country was a subgenre that thrived in the mid to late 1970s. It was a reaction against the Nashville Sound backed by Music Row executives at the head of the country establishment. As such, ...

Mel McDaniel was a country musician whose career peaked in the 1980s. He was born in the early 1940s. As such, it shouldn’t be surprising to learn he’s one of the people who became interested in a ...

Eydie Gorme was active from the early 1950s to the late 2000s. She came from a Sephardic Jewish background. As such, she spoke fluent Spanish, thus enabling her to perform pop and Latin pop. Sometimes ...

It’s safe to say that the music group Shane and Shane is not a typical group, at least not in the sense that most people would immediately think of a group of musicians. If the very thought of people ...