Billy Joel's pick for the best song he ever wrote is a plaintive, melancholic album closer from 1989: "And So It Goes".

Best needle-drop: The larynx-busting ‘Golden’, the Midas-pop smash in the film, crossed over to achieve the same feat in the real world.

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

A huge, gloriously silly and brutally effective amalgam of abandoned styles ripe for reinvigorating — rap-metal, dream-prog, ...

Sometimes your best friend has whiskers and purrs. Mike Johnson scrambles to pass Pentagon bill as GOP ranks seethe 'The Abandons' is everything wrong with TV in 2025 ‘As bad as I've ever seen it.' ...

The controversial pop star’s appearance at Melbourne’s Ms Collins nightclub on Sunday night was cut short after just three songs when she told the crowd she was losing her voice. The venue was ...

The 30-year-old, whose real name is Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, had fans waiting a whopping three hours before she hit the stage. After performing just three songs, the gig was over in 15 minutes, ...

The Foo Fighters have dropped a new single along with dates for a North American stadium tour set for 2026. "Asking for a Friend" is the second new song released by the band in 2025, following the ...

Following in the footsteps of The Weeknd, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga, Doja Cat is the most recent artist hopping on the ’80s-inspired music trend. On Friday, the artist released her fifth studio album ...

It's New Music Friday, and the first weekend of autumn has brought forth a handful of releases by beloved veteran artists. Neko Case is back with her first album since 2018. Robert Plant and his ...