Why Bob Dylan and The Band ignoring what the rest of the world had to say changed the sound of rock 'n' roll forever.

When the modern world was born, Jerry Lee Lewis was there. During that heady spurt of mid-1950s generational rebellion, Lewis and his pompadoured peers invented rock ‘n’ roll and became footloose ...

June Carter felt like she knew Johnny Cash before she ever met him, thanks to her rock 'n' roll touring partner from the mid-50s.

Rock ’n' roll wasn't invented in Batavia, but it's had a colorful history in these parts for more than half a century. Many famous rockers performed in Batavia during the genre's golden age in the ...

The 1950s saw rock ‘n’ roll burst onto the scene and change music forever. From Elvis Presley’s hip-shaking performances that scandalized parents and drove teens wild to Chuck Berry’s epic guitar ...

We recently looked at five standout songs recorded in the 1950s that were largely overshadowed by covers that came later. Of course, there weren’t only five songs that fit that description. One of the ...

A movie that relies on a Beatles song for an important turning point will always get the benefit of the doubt from me, and in “The Music Never Stopped” that “aha!” moment is almost of the Sherlock ...

David Crosby, the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with The Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) ...