The '60s were a pivotal time for music. The decade began with poppy girl groups and crooners and went on to create what we now know as classic rock. And of course, no discussion of the time is ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. I grew up with older relatives who constantly reminisced ...

Since this Sunday is Valentine's Day, my wife suggested I do a Valentine's Day "Acoustic Sunday" ("Acoustic Sunday" is my radio show) full of love songs. I told her, with tongue in cheek, I wasn't ...

Most 80s fans know Soft Cell hit big with "Tainted Love". But you might not know the wild journey the song took to reach that point.

Be prepared to be transported back in time to an era of nostalgia and euphoria. That’s the experience the audience can expect when TimeWhys returns for the third year and performs from 5:15 to 7:30 ...

A standing-room-only crowd filled the GLBT History Museum in the Castro recently, to hear the story of Jae Whitaker, an African-American lesbian who experienced San Francisco at the height of the Beat ...

On Dec. 9, 1964, saxophonist John Coltrane, bassist Jimmy Garrison, pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones assembled at Englewood Cliffs, N.J.’s Van Gelder Studio. That one-day session became a ...