Amy Allen, who has written top 10 pop hits for Harry Styles, Halsey and Tate McRae, talks about how her art mirrors life As a ...

Phil Lesh gave the Grateful Dead permission to be weird. Which basically means, Lesh gave the band permission to be itself.

Lesh was one of the longest-surviving members of the band that came to define the acid rock sound emanating from San ...

The Monkees ‘ hardest-rocking hit might be “ (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone.” Surprisingly, the song was originally by another classic rock band. The band in question didn’t give “ (I’m Not Your) ...

BLACK FRANCIS is lounging on his veranda, taking in the autumn sunshine. The Pixies frontman’s black-framed shades give his round, hairless head an inscrutable air. “Sorry, let’s take a break!” he ...

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers Oct.

“It wasn’t long before we were getting them recorded by some of the new, more rock-influenced groups like The Leaves, the Boston Tea Party ... “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone” is a pretty important ...

Nirvana may have injected alternative rock with a new sense of cool in the 1990s, but their sound was still predicated on catchy riffs and pop melodies.

LOS ANGELES - As a songwriting student at Boston’s Berklee College of Music in the mid-2010s, Amy Allen had a teacher who ...

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On Sept. 23, more than half a century after co-founding Electric Light Orchestra in Birmingham, England, lead singer Jeff Lynne took the stage to thunderous applause at TD Garden in Boston. The ...