We are diving into the Far Out vault to bring you the one Leonard Cohen song that Pink Floyd's Roger Waters simply couldn't ...

The 1960s marked a period of change in the United States. From the Civil Rights movement and the rise in rock and roll to the lasting image of the two-finger peace sign and a daffodil poking out the ...

Rick Shefchik: "In 1963, you’d turn on the radio and you’d have Roy Orbison and the Trashmen and Ricky Nelson, and the Trashmen were as big as any of those bands when 'Surfin’ Bird' hit." MinnPost’s ...

David LaFlamme, whose electric violin helped introduce a new sound to San Francisco's music scene in the 1960s and shaped one of the hits that captured the era's spirit, "White Bird," a dreamy ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The 1960s marked an unquestionable evolution ...

The practice of songwriting underwent a significant change by the 1960s. Prior to the decade, the majority of songs used lyrics that were digestible, clear, light-hearted, and easily intelligible.

1960s music was almost as popular in the 1980s as it was in the 1960s. During the Reagan years, 1960s songs like The Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing There” and Petula Clark’s “Downtown” came back with a ...

David LaFlamme, who infused the psychedelic rock of the 1960s with the plaintive sounds of an electric violin as a founder of It’s a Beautiful Day, the ethereal San Francisco band whose breakout hit, ...

These sad country songs are stone-cold classics. In the 1960s, heartbreak looked a little different than it does today: There were no breakups over text or email, no obsessively scrolling through your ...

One of the most popular classic rock bands ever is The Eagles. The Eagles also knew how to spoof classic rock. Here’s a look at why they wrote an homage to some 1960s hits. “’96 Tears,’ released in ...

Stacker looked at the #1 rock songs of the 1960s using data from the Billboard Hot 100 and MusicBrainz, an open music encyclopedia via the University of Waterloo. - Michael Ochs Archives // Getty ...

The 1960s marked an unquestionable evolution—and revolution—in rock music. The British Invasion made its mark in this decade, with bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, who were inspired by ...