In the U.S. Army, music isn’t just background noise, it’s a heartbeat. It’s the sound of unity, of home, of hope when things ...

Charlie Watts embodies this book’s thesis. It’s impossible to imagine the Rolling Stones without him, and he was just as crucial to their sound as Keith Richards’ guitar or Mick Jagger’s singing. In ...

The Midnight Oil warrior faces the fight of his life as he deals with stage 3 cancer, armed, as ever, with songs.

Born from the vibrant heartlands of northern Kerala, the Shanka Tribe has carved a unique niche in the Indian independent ...

Sunday. Post-lunch. The atmosphere was pure, low-grade tension. Write or stroll. That was the whole setup. The writing urge was bugging me; the whole day an ...

Naturally, Prince was also hatching wonderful new music at the time. Indeed, his follow-up to 1999, the album that had ...

Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats.

Some bands, such as rock band Eqo, performed original material. Zach Goldberg ’28, drummer and main songwriter for Eqo, ...

Sharpe Dunaway is no stranger to being in the spotlight, whether it be behind a microphone, behind the drums, or behind the ...

The average American throws out almost 5 pounds of solid waste each day. One local musician aims to reduce waste by giving trash a second life.

Peter Gabriel is no stranger to using unusual production techniques in his songs, but the utilisation of a nappy might be the ...

Legendary producer Eddie Kramer tells UCR during a November 2025 interview how Jimi Hendrix evolved with Axis: Bold as Love.