Rock

The studio producer Ethan Johns rejects the endless tweaking and layering of tracks that have become industry standard for pop music. Johns’ process is much cleaner without a lot of fuss. Trey Kay caught up with him in the studio with the rock band The Kings of Leon.

A lot of people dream of becoming rock musicians. But the middle-aged professionals who make up the Oxymorons never became super stars. The band members told Rachel McCarthy that their wonky Washington day jobs don’t stop them from making rock-n-roll.

Axl Rose, the songwriter and singer behind Guns’n’Roses, has been working on a new album far longer than many bands have existed. Holed up in a mansion in Los Angeles, he’s still trying to top his hugest hit, 1989’s “Sweet Child o’Mine.” How do great expectations turn into no expectations? Jennifer Ordonez has the story, […]