Is Abba Really Rock 'n' Roll?

I can't define rock 'n' roll. I can tell you when it started, and I understand how it evolved. I can name-check offshoots and side genres (soul, punk, new wave,...

Ang Lee's Woodstock Aberration

I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band I'm going to get back to the land And get my soul free ... —Joni...

Q&A with Mandy Moore

On her album Coverage, out Oct. 21, Mandy Moore sings hits by Elton John, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell and others. You're 19. Nixon was President when Moonshadow...

Music: Joni Mitchell: Burning Bright

Joni Mitchell keeps her own time. Twenty-nine years after Woodstock, 29 years after she turned back en route to playing the original, generation-defining concert...

Books: Beyond Bridget Jones

Aside from the suburban teenager as represented by James Van Der Beek, is there a subject of greater cultural fascination at the moment than the young, single...

MUSIC: A Deeper Shade of Blue

IT HAS BEEN 23 YEARS since Joni Mitchell released Blue, a lapidary album that used vivid poetry and sun-washed melodies to enrich the palette of contemporary...

Navigator of the Deep

"Look," she says, entirely untroubled on the subject, "I don't have a very good education. I'm musically ignorant. I'm intuitive. All I am is a freshness freak."...

People: Dec. 23, 1985

Her sultry voice and jazzy arrangements have led some to compare her with vocalists of a bygone era, but Sade, 26, cites instead such contemporary influences as...

Rock 'n' Roll's Leading Lady

She don't like my kick pleat skirt She don't like my eyelids painted green She don't like me staying up late In my high-heeled shoes Living for that Rock...

ENTREPRENEURS: Geffen's Golden Touch

By the time Bob Dylan ended his six-week concert tour last week, fans in 21 cities had paid $5 million to see and hear him. Dylan will pocket about $1.5...