Forgive me if I'm not one of the throng of media observers patting MTV on its collective back for returning a semblance of focus to music through its recently launched ... Read More

Though far more of a pop music fixture in the U.K. than he was across the Pond, Midge Ure played a highly significant role in the development of '80s music. ... Read More

Many times on this site I've questioned the motives behind the insistence of some '80s acts to continue touring and releasing music decades after their emergence. It's often struck me ... Read More

Usually when an artist produces music that riffs on his compositions of old, he might be accused of being a hack. But in rare cases, particularly that of Creedence Clearwater ... Read More

I'm not about to tell you that many '80s songs featuring the saxophone did not devolve into cheesy exercises in schmaltz and excess, but I do think - regardless of ... Read More

As an American kid growing up during the early '80s, the only real exposure I can remember having to British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading was through syndicated reruns of the sitcom ... Read More

I don't know exactly how oblivious I must have been over the past few months to have remained blissfully unaware of the recent online prank "Rickrolling", but I must say ... Read More

Shame on us all who knew Los Lobos back in the day only for the band's oft-heard 1987 cover of '50s rocker Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba". And I won't even ... Read More