Can you name the original artists of these famous songs? When an artist performs a song written by someone else, it’s usually ...

Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera is a direct descendant of the notorious Jewish pirate Moses Cohen Henriques.

Frankie Avalon collected the royalties he earned as a minor; Pink Floyd played the Montreux Festival; Wild Cherry played that ...

Rock music has always thrived on reinvention. Many of the early rock tunes were covers of blues and R&B songs. Rock ...

What separates an average cover song from a truly great one? Some covers become even more iconic than the originals, but what ...

Fleetwood Mac, Iggy Pop, and Eric Clapton all have one thing in common: these three songs went from forgotten to legendary.

Bob Dylan has probably had to endure countless covers of his work that aren't up to scratch, but when he heard one version, ...

Electric guitarist Jimi Hendrix is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and transformative musicians in music history. The way he approached playing, finding a seamless way to meld blues, ...

Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios was the first artist-owned commercial recording studio. Rising from the rubble of a bankrupt Greenwich Village nightclub, Electric Lady Studios became a ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at the explosive 1967 debut from the short-lived ...

One could spend years, maybe even decades, learning about how vital Jimi Hendrix was to the evolution of rock guitar. There’s a library worth of books about the man’s life, his art and the tragedy of ...

"Jimi Hendrix does the heavy lifting in this company ... At the end of the day, it's his great music that brings people together." John McDermott serves as the Catalog Director for Experience Hendrix, ...