April 22, 2025 • World Cafe correspondent John Morrison looks back on Prince's daring left turn following the success of Purple Rain.

DAKAR, April 22 — A rat-a-tat percussion and keyboard riff, and Youssou N’Dour’s voice tore through the dark Dakar sky, as the world music legend geared up to do what he does best—rock through the ...

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At the turn of the century, rock music was in a strange place. Within a few years, several bands emerged from New York City in the wake of 9/11 to reawaken the spirit of the rock’n’roll.

The 50s, 60s, and 70s are the decades that solidified rock and roll as a major cultural ... Well, they were, and one way the music lives on is in film. There are a plethora of movie soundtracks ...

the truth of the matter is there was a lot of great classic rock music during the decade. There are a bunch of famous songs from the era like “Purple Rain” and “Welcome To The Jungle”, but ...

The Weak Knights will perform at Round Rock Tavern on April 27 at 6 p.m. (Courtesy Taylor Elliot Hannah) Community members can enjoy local live music hosted at 10 different venues throughout the ...

By Kevin Rutherford Linkin Park notches its eighth leader and fifth in a row on Billboard’s Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, with “Up From the Bottom” bounding three places to No.

Foreigner has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and remains a fixture on classic rock radio, reaching over 20 million listeners weekly. Their music continues to connect across generations ...

They just revert to type. They revert to who they were as kids when the first got together… and make music together like they did 50-some years ago.” The 14-track album reunites Cooper with ...