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Detailing the history of rock and roll, Don McLean's "American Pie" tells the story of Woodstock, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and the day the music died.

For the guitarist, here are five essential songs to learn that are easily recognizable, easy to learn, and will give you that feeling of cool when you learn to play them.

The brief life of Jim Croce, still a giant as an American folk singer songwriter, included the smash hit Time in a Bottle, classic lyrics and enduring melodies.

A new initiative to end the practice of music as a means of torture has been welcomed by musicians and human rights action groups.

Five For Fighting's fifth studio album is an enjoyable slice of soft rock.

According to a statistical analysis, The Beatles have ended well ahead of The Rolling Stones to claim the unofficial title of Most Influential Rock Act of All Time.

Music has the undeniable power to inspire and heal; but this power can also be harnessed to torture and coerce.

From the Battle of Saratoga and the country's oldest thoroughbred racetrack, to golf courses, hiking trails and natural spas, Saratoga Springs has a lot to see and do.

On February 3, 1959, singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson, along with their pilot, were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

A recent exercise conducted by this writer using Top 500 Charts from 40 websites worldwide finds Stairway To Heaven to be the Greatest Song of All Time.

Folk Music has been with us since the beginning, the realm of the workers and common people. The history of Folk is the history of civilization.

Brief biography of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, influential 20th-century artist on Fauves, Expressionism and Abstract Art.