The 1970s. What a decade for music! It was a wild, experimental, and incredibly fertile period that saw genres explode, artists push boundaries, and hit after hit cascade from radios across the globe.

One of these days, and it won’t be long, I’m going to write a little essay on the greatest year in rock and roll. It will not be 1971, which often gets that honor. In fact, spoiler alert, it will not ...

Every decade has its musical calling cards, but the ’70s saw the origin of an immense amount of sub-genres. From avant-garde rock to punk, music in the ’70s was deeply diverse. But what sparked that ...