Coldplay changed my world when I first heard their Viva la Vida lyrics. It all started in 1996 when these British college friends formed a band. Chris Martin’s voice hits differently – it’s raw and ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Coldplay have ...

When the 21st century came around and serialized pop music was the new primary genre, protest songs seemingly became a thing of the past. Now, of course, there were still artists out there writing ...

Once again, Coldplay proves a pillar in Brit pop/rock with a genre-defining sound swimming in texture and ambience. Once again, they’ve yielded a hit album, selling more than 720,000 copies of Viva La ...

It’s one of the few things that can get most of us out of bed in the morning – music. But what is the best jam to get you out of your jammies? Some go in for heavy metal to kick-start the day, while ...

As the Battle of “Viva la Vida” hits the legal system, Coldplay have once again denied copycatting the riff from Joe Satriani’s “If I Could Fly” for the title track off the band’s latest album. In ...