Nothing in games works harder at grounding you in the emotion of the moment than its score. Often moments are punctuated by ...

As the filmmakers, songwriters and actors tell it, their “wackadoo” concept evolved over nine years and eight versions of ...

From Frank Sinatra to Avenged Sevenfold, Oct. 7 hostages describe how music helped them endure captivity, maintain sanity, ...

From Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" to Metallica's "Master of Puppets," we can't listen to these songs without thinking ...

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Allegheny County in Pennsylvania will begin using a controversial legal tool for involuntary mental health care in the community, beginning Jan. 1. County officials are implementing assisted ...

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

This year in country music was all about artists discovering ways to innovate old forms and traditions. In some cases, like Eric Church’s Evangeline vs. the Machine and Carter Faith’s stunning debut ...

Each year at NPR Music, we curate two flagship lists: The Best Albums of the Year and The Best Songs of the Year. But there's a lot more recommendations and criticism where those came from. You'll ...

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 ...

Our staff's favorite albums from the year that was. Is pop now officially an albums-driven genre? The year 2025 made a strong argument for the answer being “yes.” Acclaimed sets from rising stars like ...

Words by: Carmen Chin, Daniel Anderson, George Yang, Ivana E. Morales, Mika Chen, Rhian Daly, Sara Delgado, Tamar Herman, Tássia Assis and Ziwei Puah ...