The Byrds began as a folk-rock band in 1965 led by Jim McGuinn (later renamed Roger following his conversion to Subud). The harmonies arranged by David Crosby and McGuinn's electric twelve-string guitar gave them a rich, fresh sound. Often...

The Byrds (formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964) were an American rock band. Bridging the gap between the folk music of Bob Dylan and the hybrid pop of The Beatles, The Byrds were popular and influential through the 1960s and early 1970s....

The April 14 editorial titled "Sen. Byrd Steps Aside" is both harsh and incomplete in its analysis of what Sen. Robert Byrd has accomplished in his six years as majority leader and six years as minority leader of the U.S. Senate. The Post's...

Sen. Robert Byrd is a principled man--so principled, in fact, that when he drove a rented Cadillac into the back of a Ford van last year, he strenuously resisted the authorities' attempts to let him off without a ticket. During his 42 years in...

"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, a steel guitar prodigy who rose to fame as one of the original members of the Flying Burrito Brothers, has died. He was 72.Kleinow, who also worked in film as an award-winning animator and special effects artist, died Saturday at a Petaluma...

In a cramped laboratory, graduate student Nazia Ahmed tinkers with a radar system that will soon withstand some of the harshest conditions on Earth. Across campus, Richard Hale is putting the final touches on a model of an unmanned aerial vehicle that will eventually carry...