Joseph Byrd, leader of the pioneering psychedelic rock band the United States of America, died in November at the age of 87. Born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in Tucson, Arizona, Byrd studied ...

Fans may be arguing about the Kentucky songwriter’s left-field LP, but they’re also playing it a lot too: It debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the Country albums chart While the ...

I missed the LEGO Optimus Prime and the LEGO Bumblebee when they first came out and I've regretted it ever since. When they appear again on sale, it's always at a time when I can't justify the cost, ...

Fender Studio is much nicer than I usually expect from a free recording app. Fender Studio is much nicer than I usually expect from a free recording app. is a former weekend editor who covered tech ...

He found global fame as a film-maker, but Lynch’s passion for music was life-long and resulted in work every bit as surreal as his movies ‘Music,” David Lynch said when I spoke to him for the Guardian ...

New more versatile sound engine. Vocoder, hardtune and harmonizer vocal effects. Solid build. Excellent color screen. The MicroKorg 2 is an improvement on the original in almost every way, that much ...

Max Richter, the German-born British composer, has never shied away from a concept. For his new record, In a Landscape, Richter expressed interest in “connecting or reconciling polarities.” This is a ...

17-year-old Romy Mars began her summer vacation by dropping her first official songs — the vibey singles “Stuck Up” and “From a Distance,” created with producer Claud — and she’s ending it with a pair ...

Styx guitarist Tommy Shaw has explained how he was able to let go of lingering resentment towards the band’s previous singer, Dennis DeYoung. The frontman’s penchant for bombastic, rock opera-style ...

Richard Tandy, the keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist whose tenure with the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) spanned more than 50 years, has died, according to a statement from Jeff Lynne, the ...