American Songwriter

4 Must-Know Jangle Pop Classics That Rock Harder Than You Think

When The Byrds covered Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man”, it helped introduce a new rock sound called jangle pop. The Byrds released the cover only weeks after Dylan’s folk original in 1965. The new ...
American Songwriter

From British Blues to Pop-Rock: How Fleetwood Mac’s Sound Changed With the Inclusion of Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, and Lindsey Buckingham

In 1967, Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, and Mick Fleetwood started Fleetwood Mac. However, this was not the same Fleetwood Mac that ruled 70s pop culture and became one of the most successful bands of ...

Mike Vernon, Who Helped Spark the British Blues Boom, Dies at 81

He produced albums — by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, with Eric Clapton, and the early Fleetwood Mac — that defined 1960s ...
Classical Music

There were 7 'Fleetwood Macs' from 1966 to 2019. We ranked all seven

From blues-rock royalty to stadium-filling superstars, Fleetwood Mac have done it all. But which of their many lineups is the ...
Classical Music

These 13 legendary bands changed so radically, they were unrecognisable by the end

From psych-folk beginnings to stadium-pop polish, these 13 bands underwent radical sonic and structural evolutions ...