Album Review: Chuck Berry – “Chuck”

Legends fade. It happens. But Chuck Berry—whose material from a short nine-year period singlehandedly made him the greatest songwriter in rock and roll history—tapered off quicker than most, releasing his album-format peak St Louis to Liverpool in 1964 (featuring the…

Melody on Music: Music of Love (of Music)

Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…

Chuck Berry’s 10 Greatest Songs

The passing of Chuck Berry on March 18 brought with it a huge collection of tribute pieces, many of which asked an important question: did Chuck Berry create rock and roll? Rock criticism has been trying to narrow down rock…

Melody on Music: No Theme Necessary

Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…