It’s the time of year the most opinionated music fans around look forward to, the announcement of the 2025 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. From the very start nearly four decades ago, ...

The Billboard charts have not been too kind of rock 'n' roll music in 2025. But this week's No. 1 album reminds us that rock isn't dead. NPR's Stephen Thompson has the story. STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Chuck Berry is widely recognized as one of the founding fathers of rock and roll. His distinctive guitar riffs, storytelling lyrics, and electrifying stage presence defined an era ...

It was put to John Lodge a couple of years ago that, given his contributions to the band and subsequent works on his own, he was the true rock ‘n’ roller in the Moody Blues. His response; “I think so, ...

This little R&B rock and roll tune from The Crystals dropped in April 1963 and was a fast hit for the band. Co-written by the famed Phil Spector, this song was composed in only two days. That’s ...

The 2025 Rock and Roll and Roll Hall of Fame inductees have been revealed live in a special episode of American Idol. Host Ryan Seacrest broke the news as the reality singing competition’s final 14 ...

How do you induct the Prince of Darkness into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? With an all-star celebration. On Saturday night, Billy Idol, Jelly Roll, and Tool frontman Maynard Keenan gathered to sing ...

When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced Sunday night that Chubby Checker would be inducted into its ranks later this year, many fans of early rock ‘n’ roll who’d assumed that the Hall would ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cyndi Lauper turned “True Colors” into a defiant call for courage and the music of Outkast, Soundgarden and the White Stripes brought waves of emotion Saturday night at the Rock & ...

Rick Derringer, the guitarist and songwriter who scored hits with “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” and a cover of “Hang on Sloopy” while working with everyone from Steely Dan to “Weird Al” Yankovic, died ...

Rock music as we know it today sounded nothing like the rock and roll of the 1960s and early 1960s. It was a very different time, and quite a few of the biggest rock and roll songs from that era are ...

Whether Checker should have gone in decades ago has long been a debate among the rock cognoscenti, even as it felt like the Rock Hall’s board was unlikelier than ever to even reconsider the question.