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Like neo-Brit popsters Radiohead and Travis, Coldplay create sparse, emotional soundscapes that drip with melancholy and hit you squarely in the...

Van Morrison stands out in the youth-obsessed, disposable world of modern pop music. A grouchy fireplug of a man, he has earned a loyal following...

Aside from Gram Parsons, no one has influenced Americana music as much as Creedence Clearwater Revival. Their gritty fusion of Swamp Pop, Country...

The other half of New Country's First Family (she's married to Tim McGraw), Faith Hill has been a star in her own right since the million-selling...

Heavy metal gods to some, studio-oriented power pop innovators to others, and purveyors of overblown sports arena anthems to still many more,...

A California native, Ben Harper puts a fresh perspective on Woodstock-era folk rock, 1970s soul and pretty much any other genre he comes into...

You might consider Johnny Cash the original gangster. He sang a song about killing a man "just to watch him die" long before young men began to...

Tom Petty is one of the last true West Coast rock 'n' rollers. Inspired by the Byrds' trademark sound of chiming 12-string Rickenbaker guitar as...

Growing up in England, James Blunt had a "traditional" childhood, which essentially means he was shipped off to boarding school at age seven. He...

Not since the Sex Pistols, has a band generated more grist for gossip column mills than Guns N' Roses. The sexual exploits of the band's members...

Like G. Love, Jack Johnson plays groovy acoustic funk. The difference is that where G. Love relies on hip-hop, Johnson's points of reference are...

Before assembling the first legendary lineup of the Allman Brothers Band in 1969, Duane and Greg played together in two British-Invasion-style...

Tim McGraw is a New Country music superstar who is also the son of famous major league southpaw pitcher Tug McGraw (former player for the New...

Toby Keith first gained national recognition in 1993 with his tongue-in-cheek No. 1 hit "Should've Been a Cowboy." Along with a slew of like-mind...

Canadian band Nickelback blend low-fidelity electric guitar tremolo with warm, acoustic strumming and soulful singing. Although the vocalist...

Early Pink Floyd recordings make space travel superfluous so long as we have keyboards here on Earth. Back when enigmatic lyricist and acid-eater...

With snappy, three-chord songs driven by effectively unshakable rhythms and squinty-faced vocals, Green Day have set the standard for punk-pop. Though the genre existed before their time...

If Shirley Manson and Garbage aren't hard enough for your taste, you'll probably dig Evanescence. Fronted by the serpentine Amy Lee (who's half Manson's age), Evanescence...

High school friends Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter formed the All-American Rejects in their hometown of Stillwater, Okla. By 2000, they had recorded a few demos that showcased their brand of scrappy, stylish guitar-pop...

Toronto-based Three Days Grace are one of the innumerable metal bands that made the charts in the early '00s. While they owe their success (and elements of their sound) to Creed, who seemingly broke the whole metal...

Bob Dylan is on the short list of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He coupled a love for all forms of American popular and folk music with a personal and poetic songwriting style instead of relying on professional...