No one can really blame a musician for sounding like another. All artists are a product of their influences; some are just better at making that product sound original. In the early days of a musician ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bruce Springsteen’s shift away from rock and roll in the early 1980s produced one of his most introspective and haunting albums, ...

Originally published Sept. 15, 1988 in the Bergen Record. One was a wiry, white Oklahoma singer-songwriter who tapped into the struggles of those made homeless by drought and the Depression. The other ...

At an opening ceremony Feb.11, the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame welcomed a new exhibit, “Music America,” which features ...