Yacht rock is a divisive genre of music, but there is no denying its impact. It begs the question, which track was the most ...

Despite the barriers having been broken down significantly in the modern era, it took a long time for a female artist to reach number one with a rock song.

Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, and The Band deliver a warm, timeless rock vibe that lifts any Thanksgiving playlist from the first ...

Foo Fighters' "Asking for a Friend" reaches No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, the band's 15th ruler.

The song was released in October 1981 and quickly made its mark on the U.K. charts, entering at number eight. Within a few ...

In 1985, a washed-up singer named Derek Stevens walked into a meeting with record company execs in hopes of reviving his career. The first song he played for them would become the stuff of legends. It ...

The mid-90s were a major moment of transition for popular music. After all, it was 1994 when grunge icon Kurt Cobain died, just a year after his band Nirvana released their final album, In Utero. With ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...