Beck is an iconic singer/songwriter, who represents the folk/funk music scene to many fans. He rose to fame in the early ’90s, thanks primarily to “Loser,” his first big hit. The tune became an ...

Is there anything more ’90s? The acoustic slide guitar hits; the heavy hip-hop drums. Then Beck’s poetic, crafted yet somehow stream-of-consciousness lyrics. Originally, the song was the second single ...

The guitarist, who died on Tuesday, could make his instrument slash, burn and sigh. Listen to tracks released from 1966 to 2010 that reveal his range and intensity. By Jon Pareles Songs could barely ...

Two rock greats Rod Stewart and the late Jeff Beck first joined forces in the late 1960s when the latter recruited Stewart for his post-Yardbirds project, the Jeff Beck Group. The move would not only ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

Beck said that the parody would've been called "Schmoozer" Beck's unlikely hit "Loser" almost got the parody treatment from "Weird Al" Yankovic. Beck dug deep into the song's origins in Dear Life, a ...