Remembering when the Beach Boys had their own Santa Monica clubhouse

A new box set, 'We Gotta Groove,' looks back at the work the Beach Boys created at Brother studio in 1976 and '77.

Okali, a musical love story between France and Cameroon

Cameroonian singer Gaëlle Minali-Bella and French multi-instrumentalist Florent Sorin – released their debut EP this month, the result of years of experimentation in blending the ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1975, the Eagles Went No. 1 With a Song Birthed in a West Hollywood Restaurant Booth

Released as the third single from 1974’s On the Border, “Best of My Love” gave the Eagles their first-ever Hot 100 ...

40 Years Ago: Pet Shop Boys' 'West End Girls' Debuted, But It Wasn't Their First Version

The Pet Shop Boys’ 1986 smash 'West End Girls' debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 40 years ago today, but it wasn’t the first ...