Rick Rubin

The one-of-a-kind fretwork we've heard before, and Richard Thompson on guitar remains as distinctive and thrilling as contemporaries Jimi, Jimmy or Jerry. Read More

Let's be honest: it's tough for all of you musicians out there to get any attention these days. Read More

Very occasionally, a phenomenon sweeps through popular culture, enveloping its more ardent fans – almost always teenagers – in its weird little world. Read More

Without question, the last decade has seen a massive shift in the way we collect music, with an emphasis on the collect – thanks to mp3s, music has become one big all-you-can-eat buffet, devaluing everything from bootlegs to boxed sets while changing the definition of "huge collection" from hundreds of CDs to tens of thousands of binary files. Read More

One of the biggest thrills of Rob Kolar's music career was when his band, Lemon Sun, opened for The Killers at the Long Beach Arena in 2006. Read More

The three CDs lean heavily on B-sides and live tracks that were released piecemeal as part of something else, and not a whole lot can be considered truly rare. Read More

The three CDs lean heavily on B-sides and live tracks that were released piecemeal as part of something else, and not a whole lot can be considered truly rare. Read More

Having made Johnny Cash hip again, the producer Rick Rubin applied his less-is-more magic to the squarest crooner of the lot. Read More

There are a lot of reasons Michael Lowe (who has gone by the name "Milo" so long he said he should have it legally changed) might have given up his art for good. Read More

As we come closer to the year 2010, we're going to be taking a quick look back at some of the biggest stories of the past decade. Read More