We're nearing the end of summer, and it’s a fine time to contemplate the joy of the coming season. The automobile, on which many of us depend for our livelihoods, also tells a story about our culture, ...

Cars have been immortalized in popular culture since the American automotive and music industries had their coincidental heydays in the mid-20th century. The peak of the muscle car era intersected ...

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.

Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" ended up driving her right to the coveted CMA award for song of the year — 35 years later. The Country Music Association donned the 59-year-old singer with the song of the ...

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 ...

Nearly four decades after Tracy Chapman released "Fast Car," the folk ballad she wrote in 1988 became the unlikely winner of the night at the Country Music Awards. Chapman won song of the year, which ...