No era embraced power ballads more than the ’80s, a time period when ridiculousness was at an all-time high. Journey, Heart and Bon Jovi were among the acts leading the charge, but power ballads ...

I began working on this concordance to The English and Scottish Popular Ballads in the early 1980's while a graduate ... text features that we used in the 1960s (as opposed to the 80s for the rest of ...

"Rock of Ages" runs through March 23 at the Community Players Theatre in Bloomington. Read John D. Poling's review here: ...

The ’70s captured the soul of love while minimizing cheesy saccharinity, making the love songs of the genre timelessly romantic. The ’80s were big synths and poppy melodies. With the New Wave ...