July was another great month for country music. In just the past few weeks, there have been so many amazing album and single releases, and it’s impossible for us at Whiskey Riff to cover every single ...

One of the North East's biggest celebrations of emerging music has added another major wave of artists to its 2026 lineup, with Tom A. Smith set to headline the iconic Georgian Theatre as The ...

Ne-Yo spent plenty of time in Nashville working on his country project, Highway 79, and wants to make sure that everyone ...

When discussing the best rock albums of every year of the 1970s, bangers like Rumours, A Night at the Opera, and Hotel ...

This time, we follow Ozzy Osbourne’s solo career from 1980’s masterful Blizzard of Ozz to 2022’s Patient Number 9. The man ...

Discover the top picks of the 25 best K-pop albums of 2026 so far feat. BTS, NMIXX, LNGSHOT, Balming Tiger, ITZY, ATEEZ, Yves ...

Wood’s mesmerising guitar still offers a perfect platform for Jagger’s swaggering vocals on the terrific Foreign Tongues ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

It has been a tough year for fans of guys who can get down on a guitar because the music world has lost some absolute legends. And another icon was lost recently. From guys who rocked the blues stage ...

Variety music writers round up the best albums of 2026 so far, including Olivia Rodrigo, Ella Langley, Drake, Raye, Paul McCartney and Brent Faiyaz.

Fifty years after forming in Manchester, Joy Division has maintained a distinct sound, their pulsating bass lines, propulsive drums, high-fret guitar melodies, and baritone vocals continuing to ...

Some guitar riffs are so iconic that they need only a few notes to be instantly recognizable. For Megadeth, that riff is “Symphony of Destruction” … without question. More than 30 years after its ...