In need of a few stellar classic rock songs from 1974 to pad that 70s playlist? Here are just a few of my top picks.

If you got to hear these hit songs in 1974 on the day they were released, it was probably an insanely euphoric experience.

Summertime, and the listening is easy, songs are rockin’ and the volume is high. Which is to say, it’s time to talk about songs of summers past. Songs of the summer anchor us in a time and place. You ...

Along with “Roxette,” Patterns on the Window - The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1974 features a few other tracks associated with the back-to-basics pub rock phenomenon: Ace’s soul-rock hit “How ...

Bob Dylan fans are in for a real treat this month: The 1974 Live Recordings. A massive 431-track collection of Bob Dylan live recordings, 417 of which were previously-unreleased, will be released ...

When writers say they’ve discovered unknown musicians, they’re usually talking about artists on small labels or based outside of big cities. In his new book “To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, ...

His wife was supposed to sing it. George McCrae’s own music career had languished in Palm Beach clubs, in what might be thought of as an upscale chitlin’ circuit. At the time, he was about to go back ...

It would be difficult to identify popularized regional music of any stripe that hadn’t begun in some lively, compact scene where music makers exchanged ideas and found a responsive, enduring audience ...

Summertime, and the listening is easy, songs are rockin’ and the volume is high. Which is to say, it’s time to talk about songs of summers past. Songs of the summer anchor us in a time and place. You ...