“I need the love, gang,” Earl announces in his jovially baked bongo-jam tribute to the family-man life. For a rapper who once ...

The music of “Song Sung Blue” was organized by Memphian Scott Bomar, who recruited nearly 40 Memphis musicians to work on the ...

Includes Pulp, Suede, Robert Plant, Bon Iver, Big Thief, Wednesday, Geese, Little Simz, Paul Weller and more… but where did ...

But in assembling the list of my favorite albums from 2025, what initially surfaced was a roundup of nine recordings by women artists. Robert Plant’s psychedelic folk gem “Saving Grace” was the only ...

You may not know it (yet), but lots of holiday earworms have the work of a Pennsylvanian — or several — behind them. From 19th-century religious hymns to covers of Christmas classics by some of the ...

Nearly a year since wowing crowds as part of the 2024 Abu Dhabi F1 after-race Concert series, Teddy Swims returned to the UAE ...

Filmmaker Craig Brewer of 'Hustle & Flow' returns with a quirky music biopic about a Neil Diamond cover band that opened for Pearl Jam only to be stricken with bad luck.

From a song by a certified superstar that came out in the very first week of January to breakthroughs from lesser-known indie acts, here are selections from NPR Music's list of the best songs of 2025.