Rock music is generally traced back to the 1950s, but classic rock had its breakthrough in the '70s and '80s. While Elvis Presley is often called the King of Rock and Roll, rock music was actually ...

If there was ever a decade that defined the musical guilty pleasure, it was the ‘80s. The advent of new technologies unlocked sonic possibilities like never before. Blessed with a broad array of ...

Concert halls and symphony orchestras try to lure younger listeners by mutilating the music. There’s a better way.

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...