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The singer, formerly known as Cat Stevens, tackles weighty existential questions by looking backward, using the blues to unlock buried memories.

The frontman for the pop-punk band Green Day details the group's early days in Berkeley and describes what it's been like to see American Idiot, a new Broadway musical based on one of his albums.

A rock 'n' roll pioneer, Orbison possessed a distinctive voice and melancholy style that had a tremendous influence on American rock and pop music. Orbison co-wrote and recorded such classics as "Only the Lonely," "Crying" and "Oh, Pretty Woman."

The frontman for the pop-punk band Green Day details the group's early days in Berkeley and describes what it's been like to see American Idiot, the Broadway musical based on one of his albums.

Critic Ann Powers embarks on a wide-ranging history of pop music in America in her new book Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music.

Do you prefer Dolly Parton’s version, or Whitney Houston’s, of “I Will Always Love You,” the classic pop ballad? How about choosing between Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” and the original, recorded by Otis Redding? Or maybe you’d like to compare The Byrds’ tight harmonies and jangly guitar rendering of “Mr. Tambourine Man” with Bob Dylan’s first take on the song a few years before.

The death of the great British novelist and satirist Martin Amis last week at the age of 73 provoked a cascade of thoughts and emotions. Sadness first of all. I’d only read a couple of his books but was impressed and not a little envious about the pure brio of his writing – the brilliant sense of humor, the off-the-cuff erudition. I resisted telling my wife the news after it popped up on my phone for fear I might choke up.

After Taylor Swift posted on Instagram after the presidential debate, saying she was voting for Kamala Harris, her link to Vote.gov garnered 13 times as much engagement as the site typically sees.

In Season 8, two of the women who dumped their respective fiancés at the altar cited the men's inability to engage meaningfully with political issues that were important to their partners.

Little Tato sneaks a few cherry plums before grabbing a mop and a hose to help Bábo — her grandmother — with a favorite chore.