The greatest trick the Dropkick Murphys played was making a set of lost Woody Guthrie lyrics sound like they were forged in a South Boston dive bar basement.

Green Day leader Billie Joe Armstrong praised “real East Bay–Berkeley band” Crimpshrine for being "dirty" and a true testament to DIY punk.

While The Beatles are fondly remembered for their trips to the US between 1964 and 1966, they sadly weren't able to make it to absolutely every state.

When it comes to stereotypes around travel, there aren’t many as boring as the spurious claims about the quality of British food and how difficult it is to find a good meal in the UK. This was ...

Looking back at 'Merican', the landmark 2004 EP by punk heroes Descendents that perfectly captured and parodied the phoney American patriotism of the mid-2000s.

After spending an afternoon with Pro7ect at Rockfield Studios, it occurs to me that songwriting camps have never been more important.

There wasn’t a single piece of American music that Eric Clapton couldn’t fall in love with, and he knew what it was all about back then.

While Don Henley and Glenn Frey were core pieces of Eagles, they didn't have to see eye-to-eye on everything they ever made.

Looking back at the history of The Fascinations, the forgotten vocal group started by Martha Reeves that recorded a defining northern soul floor-filler in 1966.

At their peak of their fame, a promotional meet and greet for 1990's Violator album saw Depeche Mode in the midst of crowd chaos in the West Los Angeles area.

While there's still a never-ending well of Prince music years after his death, he felt that some bands were almost burdened with too many great songs.