There’s no feeling quite like hitting the open road, and there are several classic rock songs that have captured this feeling. Throughout history, artists ranging from the Eagles to Janis Joplin have ...

This weekend launches the unofficial start of summer, and it’s a fine time to contemplate not only the more somber aspects of what Memorial Day represents but also the joy of the coming season.

To kick off the summer, the Free Press in May offered two dozen songs about cars and driving suggested as a warm-weather playlist — and invited readers to make suggestions for a second round. No one ...

We're nearing the end of summer, and it’s a fine time to contemplate the joy of the coming season. The automobile, on which many of us depend for our livelihoods, also tells a story about our culture, ...

Among images in popular music, one of the most haunting figures is that of a car crash. Ironically, crashing into something has turned for many musicians into a metaphor for life’s misery, threatening ...

Folks, this past weekend in New York City it hit nearly 80 degrees out. That's a little bit horrifying to have happened in March, but it was at least a nice day to be out on my motorcycle — or to be ...

I got some dirt on my wheels/Got a song on the radio/Every mile is memorized/And it won’t let me go/Right where the dirt road meets the asphalt/Meets the real world and says goodbye/I’m always driving ...

Hot take: Music is good. I'm always listening to it, whether I'm driving cars with fancy sound systems or simply sitting at my desk writing these mellifluous words for you beautiful folks to read. But ...