Jelly Roll and '90s Rock Band Announce Major Concert News originally appeared on Parade. After announcing multiple shows in Australia, Jelly Roll has one more trick up his sleeve: he will be co-headlining Adelaide's Harvest Rock Festival, alongside hit ...

Friedman's entry into Megadeth was concurrent with the band's greatest album and rise to the highest ranks of metal royalty. That's not a coincidence: Friedman's otherworldly solos elevated progressive-thrash epics like "Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due" and "Hangar 18" to previously unfathomable heights.

When Outkast burst out of Atlanta in the mid-’90s, they didn’t just rewrite Southern hip-hop — they redrew the boundaries of the entire genre. This wasn’t East Coast vs. West Coast anymore. It was something freer,

Gin Blossoms singer Robin Wilson is a master of a dying art among rock frontmen: playing the tambourine. Checking in for a phone interview, Wilson says he “took it upon myself to become a tambourine player years before I was ever in a band.” Growing up ...

Rick Derringer, the guitarist and former McCoys rocker who gained popularity for songs including “Hang On Sloopy” and “Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo,” and produced albums for a range of artists including Cyndi Lauper and Weird Al Yankovic, has died.

Musical star power ranging from Elton John to Missy Elliott will be on stage at the 40 th annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The Nov. 8 event at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles will also welcome a spate of performers and presenters ...

The Billboard charts have not been too kind of rock 'n' roll music in 2025. But this week's No. 1 album reminds us that rock isn't dead. NPR's Stephen Thompson has the story. STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: Most weeks, if you scan the main Billboard charts, you ...

Music legend Rick Derringer, who was best known for the 1960s hit “Hang on Sloopy” and the ’70s single “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,” has passed away. He was 77. Derringer’s longtime friend and caretaker Tony Wilson shared the shocking news via ...