These hugely underrated bands from the 1960s have gotten some love after their heyday passed, but I can't help but think they deserved more.

The '60s were a pivotal time for music. The decade began with poppy girl groups and crooners and went on to create what we now know as classic rock. And of course, no discussion of the time is ...

The 1960s and 1970s saw the rise of the music festival, and a number of documentaries have captured the spirit of these events. Some of the biggest bands at the time played festivals, and ...

Glenn Frey became an icon of 1970s rock thanks to his work with the Eagles, but he owed it all to the inspiration provided to ...

I've written here a few times about the 1970s and the wide range of music. Among the rock, pop, punk, and more there were a few songs that were quite different. As a quick health warning, I’m not ...

The Beatles made some of the best music of the 1960s, however, many would still say there were great 1960s songs before they became famous. A famous rock star of the 1970s dismissed the music of the ...

Digging into the music of the past decades can come up with some true gems. Yet, at the same time, it can confront you with some music that was a true disgrace then and even more so now. And very ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. A new book collects music ...

The 1970s was arguably the single decade of the 20th century when recorded music was most central to culture. There were, of course, fewer kinds of media competing for the average consumer’s ...

years ago, people were singing and dancing to these three 1980s songs, and 20 years from now, they will likely be doing the same.