Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a “Song of the Week” designation. Check out last week’s roundup here. Follow ...

Springsteen has repeatedly turned moments of violence and injustice into songs that demand moral reckoning ...

Arch Enemy had begun rather modestly in 1995, put together by guitarist Michael Amott after leaving previous band, the indomitable Carcass just after their Heartwork album. The Swede already had the ...

The Appalachian region is recognized as the birthplace of country music, but even before the Bristol Sessions began recording, it was also the origin of a distinct type of soul ...

I t was 1899 and a spoiled young man from Warwickshire, of ocean-going self-regard, was looking for a remote rural ­property - a very particular kind of property for, as an arrogant ...

Rosalía has a role in the long-awaited third season—it comes out in April, after a four-year hiatus. (Nobody would disclose ...

The guitar is one of the most appealing instruments in the world. It's attractive, it's accessible, and if you can learn to play well, it can produce some of the most beautiful sounds you've ever ...

For all that, its course can remain a mystery, elusive to define. Each year, Worcester Magazine asks couples who have traveled varied journeys of love. Here, four couples share their stories, of ...

Decades after release, the movie’s absurdist approach to gender feels newly relevant again.

While the Bard wrote that “all the world’s a stage,” at Shakespeare’s, all the world’s a pizza—round, satisfying, and bringing people together slice by slice. For visitors to Missouri, Shakespeare’s ...

For those who want to experience the gorge from a different perspective, rafting trips on the Rio Grande range from gentle floats suitable for families to wild whitewater adventures that will have you ...

Keith Richards has put a name to those differences, highlighting the simple but effective guitar trick at the heart of The Rolling Stones.