Classic cars have long been symbols of freedom, adventure, and nostalgia in popular culture. Music, as a powerful medium of expression, has often celebrated these iconic vehicles, immortalizing them ...

This weekend launches the unofficial start of summer, and it’s a fine time to contemplate not only the more somber aspects of what Memorial Day represents but also the joy of the coming season.

To kick off the summer, the Free Press in May offered two dozen songs about cars and driving suggested as a warm-weather playlist — and invited readers to make suggestions for a second round. No one ...

One of the most hard-driving rock songs of the 1980s about fast cars and fast women is Van Halen's 1984 hit "Panama." The song has a bit of a tale that made it stand out when we compiled our summer ...

There are a few classic studio albums that are filled with so many killer songs that they almost feel as if they were greatest hits records. The Cars managed one of those albums their very first time ...

Your favorite song sounds better in the car. Nevertheless, there’s an art to making the perfect mix for a road trip: You want some songs that are all about forward motion, propelling you down the road ...

There was actually a time back when MTV played music videos. Remember those? At one point, music videos made songs hit the billboards (not TikTok) and even defined our styles and culture. The artists ...

Welcome to the seventh Songs of the Week of 2025. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries helped me decide what should make the list. We ...

The Cars found a simpatico producer in Mutt Lange for their 1984 hit album Heartbeat City. Lange accentuated the songs’ hooks and brought ever-so-subtle pop sweetening to leaven some of the acidity in ...