As a ’90s kid, I’m never sure how many songs I’ll recognize going into one of Black Ensemble Theater’s signature musical ...

On the front cover photo of the first Pretenders album (released 1/11/80), vocalist, guitarist, chief composer, and ...

They may have hit the Billboard Hot 100 again during their careers, but their legacies are primarily tethered to one major ...

Last month, we started looking at essential Missouri albums by decade. Here are six great '80s records that rose up from ...

Billy Joel said the most fun he had while making an album was when he wasn't doing it to make hit records. Read more about ...

The Courant’s arts picks for Jan. 12-18 include a concert by three legendary guitarists, Billy Joel’s backup band and a night ...

Prater, renowned for his deep voice, tragically passed away at just 50 years old in 1988 due to a car accident in Sycamore, ...

He became one of the most successful soul/R&B artists of the 1980s. Very few people even realized Billy Ocean had been recording for nearly a decade before massive crossover smashes like "Suddenly" ...

Released on August 5, 1985, the lead single of Kate’s fifth studio album made it to number three on the UK’s singles chart at ...

In the mid-1970s and ‘80s in SoCal, bands like Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, and Toto blended jazz, R&B, and pop to create a new soft style: yacht rock.

The 1980s marked a pivotal era for punk fashion—a movement that reshaped style, culture, and individuality. Emerging as a ...

When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...