102.1 the Edge

The first legal music download happened a lot earlier than you might realize.

Looking for something really heartfelt? Try Divorce. And no, it’s not as final as it sounds.

Payola–the practice of bribing someone to play your record–has been an American issue for the better part of 100 years. It refuses to be stamped out.

This week’s Five Songs You Must Hear features the return of Ill Scarlett, an ex-Pixie, and a new incarnation for one-half of USS.

We’re about to enter a quiet period before things explode for the fourth quarter. Still, there’s freshness to be found out there.

Rock stars are just bags of water and chemicals like the rest of us and fallible to the failings of the body. Here are more stories of battles against disease and ill health.

Someone had to be the first rock roadie. But who was it?

Remember the recorder they made you play in school? That might have descended from the oldest musical instrument in the world.

The debut album from The Smashing Pumpkins didn’t get that much attention upon its release. That was soon fixed.

Hint: Mother Mother had no choice.