Steve Kingston, the long-time radio host who was the face of the station in an earlier iteration, is also coming back but as ...

Radio personality Mike Haile’s column publishes every other Thursday in The News-Gazette. Reach him at mitm@whms.com or by texting 217-351-9797.

Exploring Macon's legacy For music pilgrims, Macon offers a complete Southern music experience. Start downtown at Capricorn's museum where interactive listening stations showcase the label's catalog.

GREAT BARRINGTON — As the community frets about the fate of the soon-to-close Bard College at Simon’s Rock campus, one potential use of the property can be scratched off the list — an amusement park.

With ‘Southern Rock Opera,’ it’s more structured. It’s been fun seeing how tight we can make it. After this tour, we very well might not do it ever again, or only on a very limited basis.” ...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Horror author Stephen King’s rock ‘n’ roll radio station is going to continue rocking around the clock and into the new year. Two businessmen purchased WKIT-FM from ...

Of course, “Southern rock” has also been about bands like the B-52’s and R.E.M., as unashamedly progressive as Southern in their sound and presentation, which rarely involved Stetsons and ...

Southern rock was huge in the ‘70s thanks to superstar bands like Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd and a pile of everyman anthems. But by the dawn of the ‘80s, southern rock was struggling.

A website for the radio station now says "real classic rock has returned to Southern New England." Saturday marked the first day of the station's new format.

This wouldn’t be a list of solid Southern rock albums without tossing in virtually any Allman Brothers Band album. We’re going to go with the 1972 record Eat A Peach for this one, simply ...

29. 38 Special, "Hold On Loosely" (From Wild-Eyed Southern Boys, 1981) 38 Special was more pop-oriented than many of their Southern rock brethren, unafraid to go for the big hook when needed.

The Allman Brothers Band were masters of Southern rock, and “Ramblin’ Man” from 1973 is probably their most beloved piece of work. It’s an upbeat and addictive song with one of the best ...