Music pioneer Chuck Berry is widely regarded as the Father of Rock & Roll, but despite serving as a trailblazer of the genre, the hitmaker surprisingly only notched one No. 1 hit on the U.S. Billboard ...

While Chuck Berry was an icon of the 1950s, he never quite reached the same musical heights as his rock and roll companion. Read more here.

Heel Sneakers', a blues song which changed rock forever and inspired covers by Elvis, Paul McCartney, and more.

Mia Odeleye is making her West End debut at 19 years old after appearing on Channel 4's The Piano.

The name Alan Freed may be largely forgotten now, but for several years in the 1950s and 1960s, he was a cultural trailblazer. He introduced the term “rock and roll” to mainstream US audiences in the ...

In this episode, we trace how the electric guitar stepped out of the background and became the driving force of modern popular music. From T-Bone Walker and B.B. King to rock and roll’s first wave of ...

For decades, some of music’s biggest names have openly challenged the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s decisions, questioning its ...

Sixty-three years ago today, the Beach Boys released a surf rock classic that almost got them sued by a rock icon.

Rap music has been part of American culture for over 50 years. Even though the New York City-birthed genre became a global phenomenon, rappers still […] ...

The guitar riff is synonymous with rock music. And these iconic riffs by Tom Petty, Nirvana, and The Call continued the tradition in 1989.

When the nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2026 class were announced on Wednesday (Feb. 25), few paid much ...

Whether it is due to Jim Morrison’s polarizing poetry, the perceived self-indulgence of a twenty-minute synth solo, or the ...