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.

“White Christmas” might be the best-selling Christmas carol ever, but the song’s backstory has less to do with tidings of ...

American Woman made Lenny Kravitz a star but his most beautiful song is a quiet acoustic tribute written for his mother.

George Frederick Bristow, born 200 years ago this month, struggled to find American champions of his music as orchestras ...

They went to serve or to fight for continued freedom in the United States. They are the men and women of this country who walked away from their jobs, their families, their children, their parents … ...

All are invited to attend Wreaths Across America ceremony at the Marco Island Cemetery, noon, Saturday, Dec. 13.

Kennedy Center's National Symphony Orchestra honors military families with free holiday concert featuring 'Stars and Stripes ...

Daniel Coughlin, Mae Coffman, and Gracyn Schaefer, three eighth graders from Amber Schrock's Olpe Middle School class, were ...

Windsong Chorus and Friends celebrated Christmas and America Sunday at their annual Christmas concert benefiting Cooperating ...

A Staten Island school held an assembly last month to honor veterans for Veterans Day. Sacred Heart School in West Brighton held an assembly on Nov. 12 in its auditorium to hold a tribute to veterans, ...

If you were in love in the 1980s, chances are you spent quite a bit of time lying on the floor, listening to your cassette tape player, ruminating on the object of your affection to the love ...

Before moving on to the future, anyway, much of our conversation focused on just how much the songs of “Wicked” — the historical song score, but especially the two new ones he wrote for Cynthia Erivo ...