The musician and one-time mentor to the Beatles was labeled "the godfather of world music" by George Harrison

The proto-Led Zeppelin band that was better than Led Zeppelin

Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine

The most influential American band of the last three decades walks away with a staggering and secure legacy

Twenty-two years after their classic LP "Underwater Moonlight," the Brit-pop quartet around Robyn Hitchock are as sardonic, romantic and multilayered as ever and even take a jab at Bush's war on terror.

The Robyn Hitchcock Hour: Jonathan Demme's mesmerizing documentary 'Storefront Hitchcock' brings an unlikely pop singer to the silver screen.

The pop singer got puked on in Austin

Days after releasing an album on his birthday, the music superstar dies of cancer

R.E.M.'s new career retrospective reminds you of the extraordinary cultural moment the band forged in the '80s -- and leaves you hungry for more.

Performing at Radio City Music Hall, the country singer brought down the house with a pointed version of "Blowin' in the Wind."

After 10 years of indie rock and a semi-hit on the "Kids" soundtrack, Folk Implosion's Lou Barlow changes his tune.

The outlaw hero who brought attitude to country music is dead at 64.

More than 25 years after country songwriter Gram Parsons died, Emmylou Harris still carries a torch for him.

It's not quite "The River," but at 42, the Boss's debut remains a brilliant explosion of language and attitude

The pop idol on why hitting it big at 30 was better, learning humility and, of course, "Gary's Girl"