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Sorting out the phrase “to rock” is a bit tricky.

Amongst all the Christmas music flooding the marketplace, there is still some secular music making its way through the system. Here are five such songs you must hear this week.

The etymology of the phrase “to rock” has an interesting history.

Only one Christmas song on this New Music Friday list. And make sure you check out the all-female pirate band, too. (Yes, you read that correctly.)

What do musicians do when making music is no longer a career option? This Ongoing History studies what some have done.

Liam Gallagher was not the original singer of Oasis. So who was?

Alan Cross got a chance to sit down with Green Day and talked about new music, old music, politics, and their longevity as a band.

The court documents for Daryl Hall’s legal complaint against John Oates are sealed, shrouding the pair’s falling out in mystery.

When you have a rat in your actual kitchen, what do you do? If you’re UB 40, you write a song about it.

Before Nirvana hit it big, they lived rough. Very rough.