The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

Patrick Leonard turns 70 years old.

You know the phrase “time heals all wounds.” With enough time, one’s pain will fade. The same can be true for overplayed songs you once tried to avoid. You may even require a dash of irony—though not ...

The era of 1980s pop music might just be the most mutually despised genre of all time. People who agree with this notion seemingly believe the genre to be overdone, shallow, overly corny, cliché, and ...

This is one of our favorite topics of discussion at NPR Music: What was the worst and best decade for pop music? We'll post a survey later asking you what you think, but I say the worst is the '80s.

Released under their fifth studio album, Bigger Than Both of Us, “Rich Girl” became the band’s first song to reach No. 1 on ...

On March 8, McCain hosted a performance by the Red Hot Chili Pipers. What the large crowd got was a performance by three bagpipers, two of them Scots, supported by ...

A member of a beloved rock band recently revealed a music superstar unexpectedly gave the band one of its biggest songs. But the connection went beyond that. “He would come to our shows and sit in,” ...

There is a special magic required to break into the Billboard Top 10 charts. Be it a simple, infectious groove and a singalong chorus or something more nebulous, like the Muse's passing interest, ...