Howard Jones, known for his '80s new wave music, performs Feb. 21 at the Brown County Music Center. Joining Jones on tour are British synth-pop group ABC and SiriusXM 1st Wave DJ Richard Blade.

This pulsating show at the National Portrait Gallery explores the photographs that defined what was cool in Britain from 1980 ...

This year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees include a list of invaluable and iconic choices. No matter the genre or the ...

I n the early ‘80s, the British pop scene was undergoing a major transformation. Punk was giving way to a new wave of music that embraced synthesizers, sophisticated production, and a healthy dose of ...

Howard Jones and Martin Fry of ABC first found stardom in the early ’80s as the United Kingdom’s new wave and ... home in Barbados. “Synth freaks, people that love the fashion, the clothes ...

From Eddie Van Halen and Stevie Ray Vaughan to Daniel Ash and Jamie West-Oram, we cover the gamut of the decade's greatest players across the genres ...

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Just when prog rock’s prospects looked bleakest, some savvy souls started to find a way forward in the 80s pop scene ... prog rockers embracing New Wave’s synth-pop side.

Klevgrand’s SyndtSphere isn’t technically new, but this ... Unstable’s two synth layers offer pulse, saw and noise waveforms along with variable pulse-width and PWM. You’ve got two filters - a ...

The 80s were an interesting time in music, with the heyday of 70s rock, soul, and jazz giving way to exciting new ... and pop produced a number of offshoots such as art-rock, post-punk, synth ...