I don’t know exactly when it happened, but at some point in my lifetime, “lo-fi” went from being an adjective to being a genre. By the mid-1990s, artists were making a conscious decision to eschew the ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WTVF) — For a lot of kids, having a garage band with friends is just part of growing up. One garage band ended up becoming a longtime local tradition, one that was repeatedly shaped ...

I’ve always been transparent about the fact that the Secret History of Chicago Music relies on other people. I get leads from the musicians I write about, from my knowledgeable friends, and from ...

The “battle of the bands” concept wasn’t invented during the 1960s, when hundreds of teen bands began springing up in suburban garages in the wake of the rise of surf music and, a bit later, the ...

Mentored by their St. Viator High School classmate Ted Nugent, The Huns regularly performed at teen dance clubs, Sunday night CYO dances in church gymnasiums, and battle of the bands contests ...

Some people chase storms. Others, waterfalls. But Ken Friedman from Chapel Hill is a music chaser. He spends his free time fascinated by 45 rpm records and following music trails in a treasure hunt of ...