The goal of Born to Run, for Springsteen, was to make “the Greatest Record Somebody’s Ever Heard,” as he told Entertainment Weekly in 2003. “I was filled with arrogance and thought, I can do that, ...

Before “Born to Run,” Bruce Springsteen was in danger of being dropped by his record label. But the landmark album, released 50 years ago this month, changed all that: The New Jersey native vaulted to ...

Boxed sets celebrating classic rock albums offer the joy of discovery, in all those abandoned alternate versions being brought into the light as bonus tracks, but usually also some simultaneous ...

Ba, ba-ba, ba-ba. Clap, clap-clap, clap-clap. Stomp, stomp-stomp, stomp-stomp. Bo Diddley popularized but didn’t invent the “Bo Diddley beat,” the syncopated, off-beat rhythm that seems designed for ...