The genre of power pop is where rock and pop meet hard melodies, harmonies and contradictions. One of the hallmarks of the sound is cheerful-sounding music that has an underpinning of longing, ...

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland — Parthenon Huxley, the acclaimed singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer who helped shape the ...

Power pop did not emerge when rock music critics coined the phrase, but instead with 1960s legends like the Beatles. That melody-driven sound, often coupled with loud or jangly guitars, never went ...

They produce the music that grabs their audience. The names are household, and when these female performers go on tour, tickets are in high demand. It may seem easy to produce pop hits, but it isn't.

In a perfect universe, Raspberries would have been huge. The group's second single "Go All the Way" sold over a million copies in 1972, earning a gold certification. They were on a good path it seemed ...

A gifted Queens rapper (Lexa Gates), a noisy British band (Maruja), a Drake-approved emo songwriter (Julia Wolf), a lo-fi power-pop project (Sharp Pins) and more. A gifted Queens rapper (Lexa Gates), ...