We’ll probably never hear these at a Doobie Brothers concert – but they still deserve attention.

Rugged and robust, ‘The Animals’ arrived 55 years ago this month as a textbook study of the original wave of English blues rock.

Released 45 years ago today, ‘Streetlife Serenade’ arrived at a time when Billy Joel was more singer-songwriter than stadium-filling showman.

As frontman David Lee Roth celebrates his 65th birthday today, we return to a handful of Van Halen favorites.

My only intersection with Ginger Baker became one of the most amazing nights of music I’ve ever seen.

We return to a harrowing, lesser-heard moment from John Lennon’s ‘Walls and Bridges,’ released 45 years ago today.

Released 10 years ago this week, Mark Knopfler’s ‘Get Lucky’ offered us a compelling distillation of his thematic and musical storytelling.

Randy Newman released a protest song on this date 45 years ago directly referencing a TV show that had enraged him.

‘Not Fragile’ hurtled Bachman-Turner Overdrive to stardom 45 years ago this month with an old-fashioned recipe of hard rock rooted in the blues.

We returned to some old favorites as ZZ Top kicks off their 50th anniversary tour tonight.