How yodelling Dutch prog weirdos Focus made the strangest hit single of 1973

As demonstrated by Focus’s 1973 album Live At The Rainbow, Hocus Pocus was slightly elongated when performed live, but the ...

Meet Minnesota’s Polka Dancing Pirate: 'Wherever there’s polka, there is Jimi'

What kind of person can coax shy, diffident Minnesotans to boogie down on the dance floor? He’s a pirate and he calls himself ...
American Songwriter

Joshua Hedley Discusses His Swingin’ New Album ‘All Hat,’ Working with Ray Benson, and the Joys of Western Swing (Exclusive)

Ahead of today’s release, Hedley sat down with American Songwriter to talk about All Hat, his time on the road with Asleep at the Wheel, his plans for the future, and more.

Some of the Greatest American Music You’ve Never Heard Of

In the 1890s, Broadway music was a staid affair, alternating between antimacassar operetta, sentimental ballads, jigs and ...
Boise State Public Radio

One of music's best kept secrets celebrates 100 years, quietly

For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, ...