Rock’s history is filled with success stories, both the gradual kind and the so-called “overnight” varieties. But that history also has stories of richly deserving artists who saw their path to ...

In another universe, Big Star probably would have sold out Chase Center on the last leg of some nationwide arena tour. But on a rare 89-degree afternoon in Golden Gate Park, as a sea of sunburnt faces ...

Big Star’s second album, Radio City, now 50, is a vivid portrait of tender and confusing young love, neatly documented in short power pop songs. “September Gurls” was the last song Big Star recorded ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Musician Andy Hummel, the original bassist for American power pop band Big Star, has died of cancer. Hummel,59, passed away just four months after fellow Big Star band member and lead singer Alex ...

It’s easy to look somewhat cynically at these types of anniversary tribute shows, perhaps even calling them cash-ins or the like, but that would be greatly missing the mark were it to be applied ...

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 ...