Chris Richards has been The Washington Post's pop music critic since 2009. Before joining The Post, he freelanced for various music publications.

One of the most important bands to emerge from Los Angeles since the late 1970s returns to the Bay Area when pioneering punk outfit X plays two sold-out shows at Cornerstone in Berkeley starting ...

Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke and Coldplay’s Chris Martin teamed up for a seven-minute music video, honoring Van Dyke’s remarkable legacy. Get a first look!Dec. 6, 2024 ...

Penelope Spheeris returns to the punk scene she first documented in 1981 and finds new bands equally as inflammatory as their predecessors. The powerful final chapter in Spheeris’s Decline of Western ...

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1994, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point ...

While nearly everyone enjoys music, it's more than a passing interest for some. Music lovers derive great enjoyment and inspiration from listening to, playing, or even creating their own music.

The Loose Women lost their minds when a music legend gatecrashed the ITV set ... Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, 47, joined the Loose Women on Thursday night when Charlene White brought him ...