Louie Shelton and the founding members of Toto didn’t think the song had “a chance in hell” of succeeding. A DJ proved them ...

My musical year isn’t primarily made up of albums – there are so many other ways of enjoying “New Music” – not to mention the ...

Two new shows have been added to the 2026 White Claw Summer Concert Series at Indian Ranch in Webster, MA. Rock legends ...

Louie Shelton played on the original recordings for the Monkees, establishing the sound that would help them become one of ...

For the past year, Ken Scaggs has led the Pittsburgh office of commercial insurance broker Aon. The agency, with its office here based downtown, employs around 60 locally, and it focuses on insurance ...

As classic rock finds new ways to expand in the 21st century, the artists whose careers stretch back half a century or more continue to grow, too. As the list below of the Top 20 Rock Albums of 2025 ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

Celebrating great releases from FKA Twigs, Wednesday, Sabrina Carpenter, Tyler, the Creator, and more Because, all things considered, this year has been very kind to music fans. When it comes to ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

Welcome to CalTimes’s Album of the Week series! We will be reviewing our favorite albums and artists old and new, across all genres. If you have any suggestions, please email us! Though Boz Scaggs ...