In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter ...

Alienation, loss and a legendary live bootleg – the prog giants’ post-Dark Side masterpiece gets an impressive anniversary box set treatment.

The latest social trend blowing up is sharing what was on your 2025 Spotify list and even our favorite celebrities are ...

To inject a fresh, exhilarating pulse into the traditional festive air, nothing compares to the South African phenomenon of Amapiano. Born from a blend of Kwaito, Afro-house, and Jazz elements, this ...

Ranking albums is dumb… We all know this. Art isn’t a competition. I can’t really distinguish between my 13th favorite album ...

It’s been 40 years since Bob Dylan’s “Biograph” became the first CD box set to be released and there’s still gold to be mined ...

On our just-published year-end Hot 100 chart, 11 of the top 12 songs were released before 2025, and over half of them even ...

From long-awaited projects to breakthrough releases, here are the albums that made 2025 another solid year in music.

In The Sampler, Maggie Tweedie explores the musical journey of Thailand-based New Zealand musician Isaac Aesili, an artist ...

Sure, we were only 10 days into 2025, but just listen to Lambrini Girls’ blistering, relentlessly fun, thorny, in-your-face ...

From breakout Brooklyn band Geese to Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny and dozens in between, NPR Music shares its picks for the ...

The electronic music scene, at least a considerable part of it, reaffirmed its position as one of the most politically vocal ...