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EXCLUSIVE: As nearly every local store has shown you recently, the holiday season is in full swing. With that comes a healthy amount of themed programming like The Roku Channel’s Jingle Bell Love, ...

There were already hints of greatness in 1977’s Metiendo Mano!, the initial collaboration between Panamanian singer/songwriter Rubén Blades and trombonist/producer Willie Colón. A year later, Siembra ...

Cities' favorite, brash British rock duo from Naperville, might be playing one of their last local shows this Halloween.

Here are six recommended events this week. Kelly Willis looked like a sure thing in the early 1990s, when her honeyed voice caught the attention of country music types in Nashville. Willis made a few ...

East Texas music veteran Paul Cauthen's latest album "Black on Black" finds him soulfully embodying the fringes of country's mainstream evolution.

It might not be one of his most famous songs - in fact, he’s not even credited as the performer - but Prince’s 777-9311, the 1982 lead single from The Time’s second album, What Time Is It?, holds a ...

The rock song, released in 1982, has been drawing listeners’ attention, as it shares the same title as the latest hit song.

iPhone flashlights spotlit MAVI as he spoke with us, gave out birthday wishes and even ushered fans onto his platform to dance to Maze’s “Before I Let Go.” It was reminiscent of a huge, homey campfire ...

Alongside John Hughes' classics like Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink, the 1980s were full of humorous and heartwarming tales about young love.

Nostalgia may be in style right now, but few modern horror movies capture the essence of classics from the 1980s. They might doggedly attempt to emulate the vibe, but I can always clock everything ...

Children of the Night, from 2015 is really when Tribulation took the turn towards to more fervent goth embrace, shedding their death metal skin. One of the best metal records of that year, the band ...