Today in Music History for Oct. 27: In 1782, Niccolo Paganini, the Italian violinist whose virtuosity became a legend, was born in Genoa. He died in 1840 of cancer of the larynx. In 1917, a ...

From Elton John to The Beatles and Queen, greatest hits albums continue to play an important role in securing an artist's ...

The mighty ship, immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot, sank 50 years ago on Lake Superior. Our reporter spent a week on a Great Lakes freighter that survived the storm. The mighty ship, ...

The Lightfoot Band, which has performed the late Canadian singer's repertoire since his passing in 2023, is performing in ...

At least a third of The Who's dozen albums are masterpieces. But which of those LPs deserves the crown as the band's very ...

The first issue of Paste came out in July 2002. Since then, this site has catalogued the best and worst contemporary music the industry and the underground have had to offer. This week, we’re focusing ...

Fifty-six years ago today, Led Zeppelin released what is now called one of the most influential albums in rock history.

Any press is good press. Taylor Swift cheekily addressed her music critics after releasing her new “The Life of a Showgirl” album in an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe Tuesday. “I welcome the ...

Yet prog was his first gateway into music and remains one of his biggest musical loves and inspirations. As the keyboard player of Yes, he’s immersed himself in the scene and the sound that influenced ...

Great artists who are the opposite of prolific are always a thorny subject. Many of our most romantic ideas about creativity tend to view “genius” as a kind of vessel state, from which beauty and ...