David Hyland

Lou Reed might be remembered as a master songwriter, sonic pioneer and a bonafide Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, but he wasn’t perfect. (If you doubt it, just ask […]

“Come as you are” couldn’t have been a clearer statement of purpose for the music of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain. While Cobain’s lyrics were artful in their oblique directness and […]

Jun 4, 2014 ... The mastermind behind underground-rock project EELS detailed the evolution of his creative process as it relates the group's latest and most ...

Bon Iver leader Justin Vernon is apparently participating in a new hip-hop-oriented band called Jason Feathers, according to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Performing under the nome de […]

Wisconsin and the World.

Only days before rock legend Lou Reed is formally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, two people from the artist’s private life have […]

The blues, unique among today’s popular forms of music, is replete with truth-bending tall tales and publicity-seeking legends about its most famous practitioners. Whether it was P.T. Barnum-esque royal titles […]

With a new year upon us, it’s time to reflect on all that the year 2016 gave -- and a little that it took -- from our collective listening.

The stories of Count Dracula, Lestat, Edward Cullen and their vampire brethren offer us mere mortals the rarest of dark gifts: the offer of escape. Whether awakened in the pages […]

While February’s Black History Month activities offer many a wider exposure to pivotal moments and people critical to understanding the African American experience, connecting with that history on a personal […]