One way or another, Olivia Rodrigo has been a part of nearly every stage of my life. It started when I was in middle school ...

A 1980 rock song with one of the 'Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time' was called 'awesomely weird' and remains unforgettable.

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Today's essential songs, picked by NPR Music and NPR Member stations.

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Napalm Death's ongoing campaign for musical destruction comes to the Desk. The founding fathers of grindcore speed through a ...

It's hard to think of a more haunting goodbye song than "Lady D'Arbanville." Stevens' official website confirmed that the song's "mournful narrative, in which a lover grieves for the death of the ...

Ringo Starr has enjoyed his share of hit songs the Beatles broke up. Here's a countdown of his 30 best songs, from "Photograph" to now.

From Bill Callahan to Boards of Canada to Sluice to Soft Curse to Wendy Eisenberg to Olivia Rodrigo, here are our favorite albums of 2026 so far.

Dear 2026: You seem pretty rad, for a year so potentially in malaise. At least, that’s the way we feel every time we turn off the news and turn on the music that takes us away from all that. The best ...

Our editorial staff picks the best songs from a year that's starting to be swarmed with big hits by big artists. The turnover at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this year has really been something to ...

The Rain Song appeared as the second track on Houses Of The Holy, when the album was released in March 1973. From 1972 through to 1975, Led Zeppelin played The Rain Song in their live set, positioning ...