Manfred Mann’s Earth Band turned Springsteen’s overlooked 1973 song Blinded by the Light into a global smash that reached No.

How memorable a year was 1973 for albums whose music still resonated today? That was the question posed in my Jan. 15 Sunday Arts+Culture article, “Is 1973 the second-best year ever for great albums?

One year ago tomorrow, I enthusiastically wrote that more truly great albums were released in 1972 than in any other year before or since. To make my case, I cited classics by such diverse artists as ...

The American Southeast reigned as the center of the popular, classical and folk music worlds on March 3, 1973: the night Nashville hosted the 15th annual Grammy Awards. Music City's big night for ...

Andrew Grant Jackson has a thing for dates. His previous rock book, 1965, argued how that trip around the sun was just as important in music as its closer and more celebrated cousins 1966 and 1967.

Houses of the Holy might have been Led Zeppelin’s brightest album. The sharp production mirrored the positive vibes of many of the songs. Heavy electric blues, a staple of the first four albums, ...

Yoko Ono recontextualizes “Now or Never” in a new version of her 1973 protest song. “Are we gonna keep sending our youths to war?/ Are we gonna keep scaring rice fields and infants?” the singer croons ...

The band Pink Floyd was created more than five decades ago, and they’re known the world over for their music. Naturally, that kind of recognition is like gold to advertisers, and many of them have ...

Skidmore College’s music department is getting ready for “Skidmania ’73.” The popular annual tradition at the school this weekend, celebrates the music of 50 years ago, fueled by the talent and ...