Here are four cool Jefferson Airplane songs written by or showcasing Jorma Kaukonen in honor of the guitarist’s 85th birthday.

A gifted Queens rapper (Lexa Gates), a noisy British band (Maruja), a Drake-approved emo songwriter (Julia Wolf), a lo-fi power-pop project (Sharp Pins) and more.

Christmastime is here, as Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson put it in the nostalgia-inducing song composed for A Charlie Brown Christmas in 1965. The soundtrack to that TV holiday classic has been ...