Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

Are you looking for Cyber Monday deals today? Perhaps your loved ones would appreciate the gift of a used refrigerator. But it's not just any used refrigerator. It's a used refrigerator that was ...

In these 100 songs, you’ll hear lusty dubstep, quietly subversive electronic pop, regional rap bangers, alt-country odysseys, ubiquitous chart-toppers, and much more. We were drawn to songs this year ...

The Beatles had listeners hanging on every word that they sang during the 60s. That gave them the license to explore many different forms of songwriting techniques. Story songs started to pop up on ...

Something “Wicked” this way comes not only at the movie theater, but in the music world as well. “Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack” drops 11 songs nestled in the second volume of the film, with a ...

What’s happened? Spotify has launched new features that give listeners a deeper insight into the people, connections, and stories behind the music they love. Why should I care? Spotify is making ...

On Wednesday, Spotify announced new features designed to showcase the people behind users’ favorite music, including producers, engineers, songwriters, background vocalists, and more. The company will ...

Alex Clark tells his story about his first girlfriend, Ariel. Ghislaine Maxwell responds to Epstein email revelations Kate Gosselin budgets Christmas for 8 kids 'to the penny' after losing reality TV ...

No one can tell a story in song quite like Trisha Yearwood. Yearwood’s eponymous album came out in 1991. In the years since then, Yearwood’s reign as one of country music’s best storytellers continues ...

“Will the Circle Be Unbroken" is perhaps one of the best known hymns to emerge from the rich history of Appalachian folk music, brought to international renown by A.P. Carter of the Carter Family, the ...