For Veterans Day, Mark Farner shares the story of writing Grand Funk Railroad’s breakthrough hit “Closer to Home” and what it ...

And so was the music On YouTube old music reigns: We can watch whole episodes of “American Bandstand” or full, grainy-footage ...

It’s Grand Funk Railroad‘s 50th anniversary, and they’re still good. Saturday at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, the Flint, Michigan rockers put on for festival lawnchair attendees ...

Grand Funk Railroad, with its signature hard-driving sound, soulful vocals, muscular instrumentation, and forceful pop melodies, has left an indelible mark on the rock music landscape. The band’s ...

One of my favorite movies of all time, and we passed," frontman says. "I regret that to this day. We were certainly ...

Robert Plant feels "overwhelmed" listening to the song, and is not a fan of performing ... biggest fights was with the ...

Many a pulp novel, matinee movie, and Broadway melodrama has used the aura of the railroad to tell its tale. But it was through popular American music that ... hobos was a grand adventure ...

Trio Sueño have been around for a while and feature guitarist BJ Block, bassist Tom Anastasio and percussionist Steve Jones playing an ear-pleasing mix of jazz and flamenco. Recently they’ve been ...

Martha Reeves and Grand Funk Railroad. For collaborators to “501 Essential Albums,” Graff reached into his list of music industry contacts. Among those is Steve Taylor, a professional musician ...

Rock music had recently undergone seismic change ... During that excursion, the local classic rock station happened to play 1974 Grand Funk Railroad track “Shinin’ On.” “And I remember getting to,” ...