The Velvets’ original recordings are definitive, but this CD manages to be the next best thing: a new live album from the original band.

Some of the biggest names in classic rock dominated the radio and sales charts throughout the decade. This year was no exception

The entrepreneur who gave us Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and so many others looks back.

Classical themes have found their way into rock since the earliest days of the music. We look at some of the best, from ELO to ELP and beyond.

Wildly theatrical, straddling the worlds of hard rock, pop, prog and Broadway, the album was an eclectic triumph. Now, Queen sounded like a true band.

Ray D’Ariano was just 25 when he got his dream job. One month into his gig at MCA Records, he was alone backstage with two of the world’s biggest music stars

The 1972 album proved a breakthrough for his career both in terms of quality and box-office appeal as singers of many genres competed to record its tunes

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer will have plenty of company in Spinal Tap II, from director Rob Reiner

The late Lester Bangs had “no doubt that it’s the best rock concert ever put on record.” Decades later, our writer feels that’s still true

We got some revelations about the 2 stars’ chemistry, Derek and the Dominos’ participation on ATMP, and the continued “travesty” of a key missing credit on “Layla”