Mark Kogan

Cyndi Lauper has gone back to an unfinished song from the True Colors sessions, completing The River Cried for the album's 40th anniversary edition after Patty Smyth recorded the song in 1987.

Cyndi Lauper's second album followed the extraordinary success of She's So Unusual with a more measured collection that produced one of her defining songs and reached No. 1 in Australia.

Musicians and performers across generations have remembered Dolly Parton following her death at 80, with tributes highlighting her songwriting, generosity, humour and influence far beyond country music.

A new documentary chronicling the history of Los Angeles' legendary Sunset Marquis Hotel will premiere on 14 August, exploring how the West Hollywood retreat became one of rock music's most enduring sanctuaries through the stories of the artists who stayed, wrote and recorded there.

Forty years after its release, Billy Joel's tenth studio album The Bridge remains one of the most debated records in his catalogue. While it produced major hit singles and featured collaborations with some of Joel's musical heroes, the songwriter himself later became one of its strongest critics.

Billy Steinberg, the American songwriter whose words defined some of the most enduring pop hits of the past four decades including Divinyls’ I Touch Myself, has died aged 75.

American guitarist and producer Rick Derringer has died at the age of 77.