In the early months of 1973, the band that dared to call itself Big Star was anything but. The album of glittering, tightly orchestrated guitar rock they had released the previous year—titled “#1 ...

A half-century after Memphis power-pop band Big Star released their first three studio albums, their music has entered the rock canon through a kind of trapdoor that connects classic rock with indie ...

The Grammy Hall of Fame added 13 new recordings from artists like Big Star, Eddie Floyd, and JAY-Z. The list includes albums and singles that are historically or culturally significant. Notable ...

Growing up on a steady diet of Wilco, intern Micah Loewinger finally listens to Jeff Tweedy's biggest influence, Big Star. Note: This is a recurring series in which we ask our unimaginably young ...

Terry Manning, a music producer and engineer who collaborated with Led Zeppelin, Big Star, and ZZ Top, died at his home in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday. He was 77. Just two weeks earlier, a jovial ...

Big Star co-founder Jody Stephens will play two Memphis concerts this summer. The first concert will feature Stephens' duo, Those Pretty Wrongs, at Crosstown Arts' The Green Room on June 27. The ...

There's never a bad time to revisit the music that defined a generation — especially when it comes packaged in the form of an intimate, behind-the-scenes documentary. HBO Max is giving music lovers ...