In 1981, an industry newcomer named Jubilant Sykes released his debut album, Number of the Lord, with Light Records, the same ...

There was a lot of great new music in 2025 by New Orleans artists. Here are five favorites to keep on repeat well past 2025, ...

Bob Dylan remembers the exact moment Jesus Christ entered his life in a way he could not ignore. The physical and emotional ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

An "American Idol" film crew was spotted on Pensacola Beach on Dec. 10 filming Pensacola gospel singer Keyla Richardson for ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

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Nigerian gospel artistes are wrapping up 2025 on a strong note, as end-of-year figures from Spotify Wrapped and YouTube Music show faith-driven music making significant inroads into mainstream ...

Two albums placed back-to-back on this list of the 50 greatest country covers epitomize how important album art was and is. What Are the Greatest Country Album Covers of All Time? At No. 20, find ...

All of Billboard's 2025 year-end charts are almost here, and we're counting down the days to their unveiling on Tuesday, Dec. 9, with a special look at select rankings in the lead-up to the big reveal ...

As classic rock finds new ways to expand in the 21st century, the artists whose careers stretch back half a century or more continue to grow, too. As the list below of the Top 20 Rock Albums of 2025 ...