I was unmoved when the Clash broke up, believing Joe Strummer had nothing left in the tank. Man alive was I wrong.

Gregg Allman says that Blackberry Smoke “is gonna put Southern Rock back on the map.” With their latest, the band may have proven him right.

This playlist, filled with songs about summer love, books, history and, of course, teenage angst, will get you fired up for back to school.

U2's like an old friend I’ve lost touch with through the years. But a recent concert reminded me why U2's still one of my favorite bands.

A revisiting of The Boomtown Rats’ 1979 classic, “The Fine Art of Surfacing,” reveals an album still relevant lyrically and musically.

On the way to work the other day, I experienced a powerful musical juxtaposition involving Anthony D’Amato’s “Holy War.”

D’Amato’s music is a cross between early Dylan folk and Springsteen rock. His lyrics are both un-apologetically earnest and playfully droll.

The Midlife Mixtape music blog solicited lists of songs from bloggers that had an outsize influence on their lives. These are my top five.

A staple of my teenage radio-listening days in NYC was the “Old, New, Borrowed and Blue” sets on WNEW. This iteration features all women.

In honor of Mother’s Day, I put together a rock ‘n’ roll playlist featuring all female vocalists.

Every song on Utah offers up a slightly different sound but the parts all fit together to reveal a unique blend of rock ‘n’ roll influences.

The Fine Tuning Parlays consist of three songs I can vouch for but for whatever reason can’t unequivocally endorse the artist or album.

While amusing on some level to see the band’s alcohol-infused schtick again, I wanted to tell them it’s okay to take their music seriously.

To mark my 45th birthday, I created a playlist that is nothing less than a musical journey through my entire rock ‘n’ roll listening life.

To mark the start of baseball season, Fine Tuning compiled a Playlist of the Top 25 MLB Walk-Up Songs.

The music of Cold War Kids brings a decidedly pre-grunge vibe into the modern era.

With the extinction of ticket stubs, I'm left wondering how to compile a record of my concert attendance.

Rather than endlessly streaming in search of sublime new music, couldn’t I live a much happier life just listening to the Rolling Stones?

I was paralyzed creating this Playlist as I pondered what self-respecting Stones fan would snub “Street Fighting Man"?

Because it masterfully explores every seam in the bedrock of American music and then transcends them, Exile is the greatest Stones record.