Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

Merriam-Webster announced their word of the year: gaslighting. There are good reasons for it becoming so prominent in 2022. The pandemic-driven stress on mental health is one; the echoes of the ...

The Kinks' "The Journey - Part 3" compiles their greatest hits from the '70s and '80s. The band shifted from conceptual works to a harder rock sound, achieving renewed commercial success. Conflicts ...

The compilation also includes 16 previously unreleased performances from a July 1993 concert at famous Royal Albert Hall in London. Avory recently chatted with American Songwriter about the ...

As they went to work on "Muswell Hillbillies," the Kinks were riding high on 1970's career-reviving "Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One," a satirical concept album whose success was ...