Who deserved to win Song of the Year at the 1974 Grammy Awards? We look at the nominees and render our verdict on the ...

For those who were not around in the year 1974 — or as a refresher for those who were — here are a few notable events. In February, publishing heiress Patty Hearst was abducted by a group of radicals ...

Though 1974 remains one of the, on paper, weaker years of its decade, it still was able to provide some of the very greatest records of its time and era. The first American Music Awards ceremony ...

Bob Dylan fans are in for a real treat this month: The 1974 Live Recordings. A massive 431-track collection of Bob Dylan live recordings, 417 of which were previously-unreleased, will be released ...

Welcome to 1974: the most Seventies year of the Seventies. The music world was changing fast, and so was the rest of the culture. America was dazed and confused from its Sixties hangover. Two years ...

Summertime, and the listening is easy, songs are rockin’ and the volume is high. Which is to say, it’s time to talk about songs of summers past. Songs of the summer anchor us in a time and place. You ...

Summertime, and the listening is easy, songs are rockin’ and the volume is high. Which is to say, it’s time to talk about songs of summers past. Songs of the summer anchor us in a time and place. You ...

“Sweet Home Alabama” is one of the most, if not the most, memorable Southern rock songs of all time. Released in June 1974, this song has quite a bit to teach modern-day musicians about writing a ...

To herald the coming of the boxed set, the label issued a previously unreleased performance of “Forever Young” on Tuesday, taken from an afternoon show in Seattle on Feb. 9, 1974. (Several of the sets ...

When writers say they’ve discovered unknown musicians, they’re usually talking about artists on small labels or based outside of big cities. In his new book “To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, ...