Another new series from your Guide (me) at About.com's Oldies site: an alphabetical glossary of all the major (and, for that matter, minor) flavors of oldies music, from postwar...

The "Truth in Music" folks have now gotten anti-copycat legislation passed in a little over half of America's states -- or are very close to it, anyway. But there's...

The release of the film version of Mamma Mia has led to the reunion that took 22 years to happen. But will it last? And does Meryl Streep meet...

After his 2002 Grammy-winning comeback album Don't Give Up On Me served notice to roots songwriters that his voice was still a powerful interpretive tool, Solomon Burke unveiled a...

The California Supreme Court closes one more door for the Spector team in their efforts to prove bias against their client... and that means the second trial is still...

The year 1972 was a time of retreat for Elvis, as his marriage to Priscilla dissolved and he threw himself into touring for monetary and personal reasons. Yet his...

With the United States at war on at least two fronts and regime change about to occur in the White House, this July 4th becomes an important occasion on...

As a multicultural Latin funk band preaching brotherhood and protest, War was practically made for the Seventies. And indeed, they started out the decade as a prefab backing band...

The funeral of rock and roll founding father Bo Diddley, held Saturday in Gainesville, FL, was a less than sedate affair: the choir of the Showers of Blessings Harvest...

The most influential, critically acclaimed, and best-loved Bo Diddley songs of all time... sometimes all at once. From the hits to the obscure, my latest edition of The List...