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With Powerslave, Iron Maiden took their sound and supersized it – and Adrian Smith took a hungover guitar solo in front of Robert Palmer, and somehow totally nailed it

This was the decade that saw Slowhand board a train with Another Ticket and disembark as a fully-fledged Journeyman. Here, Albert Lee, Phil Palmer, and more recall a turbulent time in Claptons career

In our newest Song Roulette column, Dire Straits’ bassist John Illsley breaks down how the band picked its singles — including ‘Sultans of Swing’ — and the secret to Mark Knopfler’s songwriting.

Emerson Lake and Palmer released the critically derided 'Love Beach' on Nov. 18, 1978.

Tina Weymouth talks through the ins and outs of Tom Tom Club’s rhythmically intense fifth album… track by track

Amelia Groom examines the complexities of temporality in Mariah Carey’s music.

Lenny Kravitz's mother, Roxie Roker, was an actress most famous for 'The Jeffersons,' while his father, Sy Kravitz, was a producer for NBC

The musical legacy of the Caribbean built to a crescendo in the 1960s and 1970s with the emergence of reggae as a global phenomenon.

Here's how one of the most successful rock albums ever came together.

Artists often describe the recording process as a battle, but for guitarist Peter Buck, making R.E.M.’s unlucky 13th album, Around the Sun, was more like war. A very specific war, in fact, and one the band had publicly criticized for years. “It was kind of like the war in Iraq,” he told SPIN in 2008. … Revisiting R.E.M.’s ‘Worst’ Album After 19 Trips Around the Sun Read More » The post Revisiting R.E.M.’s ‘Worst’ Album Af...