Katie Sharp

Radiohead has long served as rock's modern heroes. Arcade Fire thinks so. Coldplay thinks so. Even Kanye has stepped down from his throne and acknowledged the band's influence. But at the core of Radiohead's music, there's always been a larger and…

It's hard for anyone to ignore Oasis' impact. For legions of 20-somethings, they were an early introduction to rock 'n' roll. They helped bring Britpop stateside. They were wildly successful. They were the minds behind "Wonderwall," arguably one of…

Seven months ago, aspiring soul singer Leon Bridges was washing dishes at a restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas. On Christmas, six months later, he announced that he'd signed with Columbia Records. The transition was so fast that not much was different…

Taylor Swift may have won 2014, but it's a week into 2015 and she's already been upstaged. Music purists will be happy to hear why: Swift has been ousted by Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars and the return of soul music. It's no small moment. Swift's "Blank…

In the winter of 1959, Berry Gordy started Motown Records off an $800 loan. The company quickly evolved into a defining hit-making factory of the '60s: Seven years later, in 1966 alone, 22 Motown singles reached  Top 20 spots on the Billboard…

It's in years like this, when it seems like the world is coming apart at the seams, that people most need music to bring them together and show them the way forward. And though some feel our music has failed us, nothing could be further from the…

More than 15 billion songs have been identified using Shazam. That's 230 people every second having their ears caught by a tune. In 2013, Lorde was Shazamed 5.6 million times. That's the kind of data that reshapes an industry — the kind that makes…

Disturbing footage leaked late Wednesday night of what appeared to be scenes from a scrapped Marilyn Manson video project. Particularly disturbing is one 27-second rape scene in which Lana Del Rey is sexually assaulted by horror-film director Eli…

This past May, Tupac came back to life. A little way into Wyclef Jean's music video for "April Showers," there's a scene in a morgue. Jean's brother, Sedeck, is performing autopsies on two women. Suddenly, Tupac's body appears on the gurney in…