The Ohio guitarist was one of rock’s most adaptable talents and had the production skills to go with his playing ...

Rick Derringer was living the rock-and-roll dream in 1973, riding a top 40 hit with his “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” after charting in the 1960s with his group the McCoys and “Hang On ...

Derringer said he didn’t think anything of producing Yankovic’s music at the time, although his music producer peers raised eyebrows at the gig. “A lot of people were like: ‘What’s Rick ...

The landscape of American rock music has been profoundly altered by the recent passing of two seminal figures, Rick Derringer ...

Rick Derringer, 70s rock legend, didn’t set out to restart the culture war; he just vented. In a resurfaced interview, the ...

Weird Al Yankovic performs greatest hits, fan favorites and parodies in BIGGER & WEIRDER Tour in Raleigh NC’s Red Hat Amphitheater.

“Weird Al” Yankovic, the master of parody pop, brought his Bigger & Weirder 2025 tour to the sold-out Mann Music Center on July 21. Thousands of fans braved the heat and humidity in their ...

Hilarious but never mean. Eccentric but easily accessible. Weird Al Yankovic has made a career of parody and pastiche while remaining true to his own idiosyncratic style for more than four decades ...

I mean, for a guy who just does goofy stuff, I put a lot of hard work into making sure I didn’t ignore or miss anything in ...

July saw the death of heavy metal godfather Ozzy Osbourne, the Black Sabbath lead singer whose influence in the genre spans generations.

Years before the internet and smartphones gave everyone a platform, parody culture was the domain of a small handful of ...

Still reeling from news of The Late Show ‘s unexpected cancellation, Stephen Colbert called on Weird Al Yankovic and Lin-Manuel Miranda to lift audience spirits on Monday evening.