What are some rock artists that changed directions and went pop for an album, or even longer? When a musical artist is around for a certain amount of time, it's only natural that they'll want to ...

Plenty of pop stars out there have given rock music a shot through the years. While many pop icons didn’t exactly dive into straight-up rock-and-roll territory, many of them produced fairly good ...

NPR Music's 2025 Tiny Desk Contest yielded thousands of entries, including some standouts in the pop and rock categories. NPR Music's Tiny Desk concerts have hosted some of the biggest names in music, ...

Eric Howard Carmen is born in Cleveland, Ohio. The singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist was first known as the bandleader of the power-pop band the Raspberries. He scored numerous hit songs ...

If one had to define “dad rock,” it would be rock music that appeals to middle-aged men. It’s music that brings back good memories from their glory days. At one time, this meant cranking bands like ...

Here's why Genesis abandoned prog rock for pop in the 1980s! Progressive rock was huge throughout the 1970s, but as the music industry and the pubic gradually leaned into synth-pop, art pop and new ...

Fresh Air's rock critic reviews Parallel Play, the new album from Sloan. The Canadian favorites are hoping to attract an American following with this release.