The Internet revolution brought with it almost limitless trivial information about the most arcane pockets of culture. How many of you, before the Internet, knew about the indie scene? But the Internet also brings us into contact with whole subcultures that we'd never have dreamed possible.

Now, in case you ever meet a friend who brags "You can't stump me! I know every music genre!" - be sure to ask them about Balakadri - a traditional quadrille music that was performed for balls on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, Jaipongan - unpredictably rhythmic dance music from Sunda, Indonesia, or Narodna…

Marcy Playground's lead singer and songwriter John Wozniak is the product of an alternative school where there are no grades and you call the teachers by their first names. That, and lots of Dungeons & Dragons, molded the man who brought us the Disco Lemonade of Sex and Candy.

John is the most laid-back performer we've ever laid eyes on; strange when you consider those crazy videos where the Mad Hatter would blend right in. On the surface at least, John appears carefree; content just watching the stars cross the sky. After a superior concert before an enthusiastic…

The Scorpions plan to hang up their stingers, if you will, in 2010. But the band’s swan song, Sting in the Tail, reveals an act that is going out on top, and with a bang. New anthems, like “Raised On Rock,” are up to the high standard of many great Scorpions’ hits from the past; a legacy that includes “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” “No One Like You,” “Wind of Change,” and “Still Loving You.” As founding rhythm guitarist and songwriter Rudolf Schenker explains, the Scorpions may be the…

Amanda Palmer fascinates us.

Unapologetically and fiercely independent, we spoke with her a few hours after she agreed to become one side of an Ampersand, and she was (dare we say it?) giddy with happiness (she became engaged to Coraline writer Neil Gaiman on January 15).

The darkness lining the edges of her songs flirts dangerously with the humor, and quite successfully. She writes of love, abuse, seduction, and mass murder, among other titillating subjects. In fact, her rollicking number "Oasis" about rape and abortion was banned on UK radio.

“Divorced” from her first band The Dresden…

What had the greatest impact on music in the 2000s? The Internet and digital devices, of course! Marshall McLuhan might have been right after all when he said, "The medium is the message." The rise of digital music and electronic distribution changed the face of music forever. So many institutions and the old way of doing things went out the window, that it's only accurate to say that music media reinvented itself. Based on feedback from the Songfacts Community, here's why the 2000's were the best music decade ever.

Let's look at some of the many ways the 2000s tanked musically. Sure, we can look on the sunny side and find the silver lining - but those linings came with some very dark clouds that washed out the musical landscape. Based on input from the Songfacts Community, here's a consensus of what happened in the 2000s music scene that rubbed us the wrong way.

It's a good thing you can play the videos in this interview, because describing Gentle Giant is a lesson in futility. Words like "Progressive" "Experimental" and "Complex" show up a lot, but as the guys explain, that's not quite right. So why are we interested in this unclassifiable band that never had a hit and hasn't made music since 1980? Play the videos and you'll see.

Derek Shulman is the lead singer who in his post-Giant days became a record executive and signed Bon Jovi, Tears For Fears and Nickelback. His brother…

Foreigner is back with the album Can't Slow Down, which comes with a disc of their remixed hits and a DVD of live footage. Their guitarist Mick Jones has been there from the start, when their first single "Feels Like The First Time" launched a string of hits that includes "Double Vision", "Urgent" and "I Want To Know What Love Is". Jones is the British side of Foreigner, which he formed with lead singer Lou Gramm in 1976. Foreigner's new frontman is Kelly Hansen, who you can see in the clips…

Bryan Adams has 30 years of hits, including four #1s in the United States and eight in his native Canada. He writes this stuff, you know. Writes for other folks too: Joe Cocker, Aretha Franklin, Neil Diamond and Mary J. Blige have all recorded his songs. So who impresses him? We had to ask…

Turning 50 November 5th, Bryan Adams talks about his most memorable collaboration, his favorite video, and just what "Summer of '69" is all about.

As a guitarist and vocalist with The Doobie Brothers, Tom Johnston wrote the kind of joyful rock that is truly classic: "Listen To The Music", "China Grove", "Long Train Runnin'" and so much more. In 1975, an illness forced him to take some time off, which is when Michael McDonald joined the group. The original band reformed in 1989 and released the album Cycles, which contains the hit "The Doctor".