Rock ‘n’ roll seemed to some like it emerged fully formed in the 1950s, as artists became superstars overnight on the strength of a magnetic single or two. In actuality, the music had been slowly ...

As we welcome PRESIDENT to the cover of Kerrang! this week, the mysterious group have curated a 12-song playlist of classic mid-20th century tracks, which they say highlights a time when music was a ...

From “Great Balls of Fire” to “Over the Rainbow,” whether the songs were brash or tearful, Jerry Lee Lewis was indomitable. By Jon Pareles He never mellowed. Jerry Lee Lewis, who died on Oct. 28, was ...

When the modern world was born, Jerry Lee Lewis was there. During that heady spurt of mid-1950s generational rebellion, Lewis and his pompadoured peers invented rock ‘n’ roll and became footloose ...

Why is rock music called rock? Our writers, our readers and all of the fans you see at the concerts you go to all have at least one thing in common — we're all fans of rock music. "Rock" is short for ...

QUINCY ‒ Hep cats and jitterbugs will soon be puttin' on the ritz and bebopping around Quincy Center as the city launches its free summer concert series, a musical journey through time from the 1940s ...