Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Bruno Mars is perhaps pop music’s greatest creature of reinvention. Since his 2010 debut, the singer-songwriter has evolved on the genre’s main stage from a supple young crooner with stars in his eyes ...

The 2026 Oscars are approaching, and attention is turning to the nominees for best original song. Five songs are nominated at this year's Academy Awards: "Dear Me" from "Diane Warren: Relentless," ...

In 1975, the Eagles paved the way for Hotel California with their iconic album One of These Nights. The nine-track studio album was a commercial breakthrough for the Los Angeles-based band, and the ...

Salsa has known more than its share of star vocalists and virtuoso instrumentalists. But among the artists who defined the rich, layered specificity of its sound was Willie Colón, who died on Feb. 21.

The disconnect between what an artist believes to be their best work and what the general public deems as their favorite makes the question of which song a songwriter is most proud of especially ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christian Bertrand via Shutterstock Whether you're an OG hard rocker or you were born with your fingers in a "rock on" salute, you ...

Just twice: That’s how many times Super Bowl halftime performers have sent a song to No. 1 the week after their televised extravaganza. Last February, Kendrick Lamar sent “Not Like Us,” his incendiary ...

After black midi’s split, all eyes went to frontman Geordie Greep and his eclectic impulses. I won’t knock Greep’s bag—his solo debut did splashy, head-spinning things—but I’ve always been more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Psychedelic rock emerged in the 1960s as a reaction to the use of psychedelic drugs and the influence it was having on music ...