San Francisco-based music historian Richie Unterberger has written more than a dozen books and has taught numerous classes at College of Marin in Kentfield on the history of rock music. He frequently ...

The legends of 60’s and 70’s soul music return to perform their biggest hits. The legends of 60’s and 70’s soul music return to perform their biggest hits. Featuring The Temptations, James Brown, ...

Rhythm and blues is an inclusive term that captures a wide swatch of American popular music that began to infiltrate the mainstream after WWII. It grew out of disparate sources: delta blues, country, ...

The musical decade of the 1970s came in on a psychedelic wave and went out on the whoosh of a synthesizer. The ’70s brought us pet rocks, polyester, shag carpeting, bean bag chairs, and the battle of ...

"And in my moments of distress, you're my soul's caress. Hey baby, hey baby. You're my everything," sings a sultry voice through the speakers, evoking a sense of longing. Chris Ruggiero stops the ...

Pop vocal trio the Bee Gees performing at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, January, 1979. The 1970s were an eclectic time for music and cultural ...

As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.