Real Life Rock Top 10

The "Twin Peaks" and "Blue Velvet" mastermind has a new album, and tells Salon music and movies are all about mood

"Guarapero: Lost Blues 2" collects Will Oldham's stream-of-consciousness rants and odd tales of sexual dysfunction.

Over 14 months Bob Dylan changed music with three albums. He's finally released the full story. I played every note

Blues and folk music have long been full of borrowing. But so has pop and rock -- and the legal standard is blurry

The most talented romantic Christian poet rocker in the world talks to Salon about his new record and his return to songwriting form.

In a box set that captures the earliest (and best) of this problematic band, you can find a dark side that meshes perfectly with the times.

Tom Waits brings it all home.

"Night Train, "Hound Dog," "Be Bop Boogie"-- country music has long embraced rhythm & blues

Will Poulter and Naomi Ackie sing "Brown Trout Blues," a romantic song that Flynn's wife hates

The blues and folk singer talks to Salon about his roots, protest music and his new album "Call It What It Is"

Although less than 1 percent of English words start with J, the consonant has some steamy connotations

Surprise! The book everyone is reading and loving stars a stocky, funny-looking hero with four legs -- the champion racehorse Seabiscuit.

Funk, soul, R&B, rock, pop, blues—Prince conquered them all, and championed female artists along the way