Today in Music History for Jan. 20: In 1889, Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was born in Morningsport, La. Leadbelly, popular during the 1930s and '40s, was probably the first country ...

More than their guitar playing, bass playing or drumming, the Beatles were known for their songwriting. Their lyrics, storytelling and the way they keyed into the collective consciousness with their ...

Paul McCartney said of one period in his career, "laziness crept in." But given the circumstances, the artist needed to give himself a break to get back on top.

These folk rock anthems of the 1960s are just a few memorable, historically relevant works to come out of one of the best ...

The first sounds you hear when you drop the needle — or click the digital file — on Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks are ...