Happy Easter! Overtly religious music aside, there are no Easter songs. My theory is that this is because Easter is, if you look at it objectively without the lenses of theology or tradition, the most confusing of holidays. For instance while Jesus’ birthday is Dec. 25, his re-birthday is…

More than four decades in, the Pretenders have a sound. Like Willie Nelson or Louis Armstrong, lead singer Chrissie Hynde has a voice that’s instantly recognizable. The jangly, slightly overdriven guitar sound of James Honeyman-Scott, who passed away in 1982, influenced everyone from R.E.M.’s Peter Buck to The Smith’s…