Once The Beatles stopped touring in 1966, their schedules were clear for more recording time, which meant they could experiment more. By the mid-1960s, music started changing. Tons of new sounds were ...

History in the making: Sam Smith performs with Mary J. Blige, one of his main influences. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters/Corbis The problem with music history is it’s almost always presented in the wrong ...

“Did you know I was in the Oxford Unabridged?” asks McCormick. “I coined the spelling for the word ‘zydeco.’ Z-Y is mine.” When the music was first trickling out of Fifth Ward, there were numerous ...

For years, hidden messages have allegedly been embedded in music, cryptic musings that could only be heard by playing the vinyl backwards. Backwards masking, as this phenomenon became known, centered ...