Consider this collection of the best songs about rain my unofficial rain dance. This morning I woke up thinking about the rain, or lack thereof, because ...

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of a story that originally ran in 2017. Across the last century of recorded music, New Jersey has been at the forefront of just about every movement and trend ...

To highlight Black History Month, the Charlatan's editors and contributors gathered their favourite media by Black creators.

The bountiful period of the mid-'60s, when each year brought developments in rock and pop music that would carry into later generations, readymade for shaping into forms that reflected an unparalleled ...

Motown redefined pop music with a signature sound blending soul, R&B, funk, and gospel. And of course, the deepest grooves.

Bruce Springsteen wrote and recorded ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ within days of Alex Pretti’s killing, continuing a long tradition of songs as protest against violence and repression.

Rock songs were getting longer in 1966, and many were continuing a new standard set by Bob Dylan’s 1965 classic, “Like A Rolling Stone”. His six-minute single helped give rise to an emphasis on albums ...

Although Kendrick Lamar and SZA walked away with the 2026 Grammy for Record of the Year for their song “luther”—which sampled ...

Since its release in August 1966, The Beatles ' seventh album, Revolver, has been in the cultural zeitgeist.

Looking back, 1986 doesn't seem to be a pivotal year in music history. Throughout the year, new artists emerged, veterans were still a presence on the charts, and the top records of the year featured ...