Imitation is perhaps the sincerest form of flattery, and these '60s hits were covered repeatedly over decades by legends such ...

The 1960s produced some of the most groove-worthy and transformative music in modern history. This swinging decade created a soundtrack for the massive cultural changes seen throughout the world.

There was nothing quite like the 1960s. The decade helped to shape the next several generations of culture, policy, art, politics, and more. The era had style and substance. That’s why when we look ...

Country music, as a termed genre, more or less began back in the 1940s, inspired by countless American folk genres dating back to the 1920s or even earlier. By the time the 1960s rolled around, ...

Beehive: The 60s Musical at TexARTS knows exactly what it is and never tries to be anything else. Built as a musical revue, the show trades plot for rhythm and emotional memory, letting songs map the ...

Researchers who analyzed more than 380,000 songs say music can serve as a "cultural barometer for evolving moral norms." ...

The music scene was rapidly shifting in the ‘60s and ‘70s, influenced by new types of rock bands, cultural and social movements, and technological developments that completely changed how music was ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

TikTok has become the world’s greatest music discovery engine, and it harbors a particular and recurrent taste for the 1960s. The production values of the decade, its melodiousness and emotional ...

The 1960s are often remembered as a decade of social and political change, in a manner not dissimilar to today's climate. Amid the upheaval of gender norms and racial bias, popular music was ...

In April of 1966, the American magazine Time ran a story titled "London: The Swinging City," which described the burst of creativity and youthfulness that was running through the capital of the U.K.