In 2006, when Nas rapped “Hip Hop Is Dead,” R&B lovers were left wondering if there was a coffin for new R&B music too.

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Here are Paste's picks for the best Dean Blunt songs ever, which trek through indie rock/pop, post-punk, R&B, rap and folk.

After decades of performing full-out blues rock concerts at the Egyptian Theatre, renowned Georgia guitarist and songwriter Tinsley Ellis will perform a run of three solo acoustic live shows next week ...

Here are ten of their best tracks, ranked. A sweetly wistful ballad, this tribute to seizing the moment sees the band in peak ...

“Your best work is a light pack”; “Prince ... And when was the last time you heard a guitar solo close out a rap song? Chase & Status enjoyed a lot of success in the early 2010s – remember ...

Lever-action rifles are turning up by the scores in used-gun racks, their wooden stocks battered and once-blued steel worn silver. The grandfathers who used them are afield in happier hunting ...

A merry band of acoustic musicians ... sound on his guitar, its neck bedazzled with dangling feathers. “I’m a half measure behind you guys,” he says later during a song.

Listening back to the tune, Richards considered it one of the group’s fastest tracks, saying, “Beat-wise the fastest track the Stones have ever cut or any other rock and roll song. It even beats ‘Rip ...

A half century later, the band is as big as ever ... Iron Maiden’s best songs down to a list of 10 is no easy task, but the tracks mentioned below are all killer. Steve Harris’ galloping bass lines; ...