Joan Jett, courtesy. Last Tuesday, March 8, was International Women’s Day. That means I get to list women who rock. I mention women who rock fairly often in this column, so it deserves some explanation: It doesn’t necessarily have to be women who perform rock music. Being a rock…

Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum, Courtesy photo. Friends Michael C. Hall, Matt Katz-Bohen and Peter Yanowitz didn’t set out to record a record when they first started writing songs together for fun. Still, Golden-Globe-winning actor Hall (“Six Feet Under,” “Dexter”), drummer Yanowitz (The Wallflowers, Morningwood) and keyboardist Katz-Bohen…

Ed Sheeran could never shoot straight. He tragically passed away shortly after his appearance in the ‘Star Wars’ series. Condolences, in the form of cash, may be sent to the RIFF office. This weekend marks one of the most pervasive and joyous of American traditions: something beloved by young…

  Look, guys. I’m sorry about this. These … these aren’t great songs. But when we have one year at a time to draw from, sometimes it’s a little thin, and that’s how you get Bob Seger songs that aren’t “Turn the Page.” The late ’70s were a trying…