My stroller of choice is the Graco Classic. It’s the ’70s Buick of strollers, bulky with a complete absence of style. There are no good lines on the Graco. Yes, it has cup holders, like...

Music and philanthropy have a long, benevolent relationship with one another. Record bins are rife with charity singles, and concert history is filled with benefit shows for every imaginable cause. Musicians like to give back.

There’s a reason for Art Garfunkel’s oddly shaped hair. It hides a very big brain.

Chrissie Hynde is the blueprint for any teenage pop star wannabe looking to have some real cred.

Every single tune you know from the 1940s until the 1970s was written, arranged, and demoed in the Brill Building. OK, maybe not every song, but writers from Benny Goodman to Lieber & Stoller to...

Depending on your political orientation, the Dixie Chicks are either the great defenders of free speech or American traitors.

Just as many people flee Hollywood as those who flock to it. Hollywood can be an acquired taste.

Somewhere along the line, a concert became a variety show. It was no longer enough for four dudes to play together in front of some guitar amps. Costume changes, an army of dancers, and Broadway...

My father’s very public life as Famous Amos was the opposite of that of his ex-wife, my mother Shirley, who was fighting a very private, solitary battle with mental illness.

We all know the record biz don’t pay. All musicians have day jobs – no matter how big they are.

Chrissie Hynde is the coolest woman alive, and no man can have her.

For years, I’ve felt like the loneliest brother on the planet. I don’t play basketball, I can’t dance, and I’d rather listen to Harry Nilsson than hip hop.

Despite the sometimes sordid turns his life took, Michael Jackson always held my fascination, like he did for most of us.

Long before Wesley Snipes decided he didn’t need to pay the IRS, Willie Nelson was dodging the tax men.

Susan Boyle having a meltdown is not controversial. It’s human for a 48-year-old recluse to get a little wigged out when she finds herself on the world stage overnight.

Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America’s strengths and shortcomings.

We are more than the work we perform. In fact, I’d say that our work is a mere representation of who we are underneath.

When Woodstock ended on Monday morning, over 600 acres of garbage was left behind on Max Yasgur’s farm. It took over 400 volunteers and $100,000 to remove it all.

From chain gangs to folk songs to intelligent soul, America has created musicians dedicated to truth, justice, and a better American Way.

From their ’61 Cavern Club debut to their last rooftop concert eight years later, The Beatles gave every serious artist in their wake the songbook and sound for their career. It’s the musical trough from...

Many cities make music, but no city breathes music quite like Memphis. The songs and sounds that come from here are uniquely American.

Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve.

The Bangles are proof that short skirts and electric guitars go hand-in-hand. They are one of the great all-girl groups, backing up their looks with a serious pop-rock pedigree.

Technology has the benefit of being easily scalable. A few weeks or months of coding can result in solutions that reap huge benefits. The global success of Facebook, Twitter, and Google are all triumphs of...

We’re all posting and clicking and sharing, but we’re not devoting enough attention to get anything meaningful from it all.

At its best, American music is the soundtrack of our long – and often painful – march toward a more perfect union.

Harlem’s Apollo is probably the most well-known music hall in the world.

Google+ will never have a user base to rival Facebook’s. It just won’t. Not even if you include the ‘users’ who create accounts so that they can use other Google services.

Men of my father’s generation were perpetual hustlers, always on the make and always on the move.

New York City has more rock history in its 305 square miles than most of America combined.

The blues is deceptively simple. Verse and chorus. Sometimes not even a chorus. Four bars that repeat, no Auto-Tune, electricity optional. It is the most direct, bare-bones of content. There is no interference between the...

The rise of digital technology put marketers in a bind. No longer a captive audience, consumers were splitting their time across devices, social networks and websites.

When I was growing up in L.A. in the late ’70s and early ’80s, Michael Jackson’s was the first face on TV that looked like mine.