The best winter albums match the moment when December's frenzy of social activity subsides and real hibernation hours kick in ...

Spotify is the most popular music streaming service of all time, so it's a surprise to no one that it changed the music ...

Post-punk icons, Britpop legends, garage rock groups, OG shoegazers, electronic innovators, post-rock pioneers, Sassy Magazine cover stars, and more ...

From the "WAP" ban to creating a kid-friendly version of "A Bar Song" with Shaboozey, SVP Michael Anderson—who's been there ...

Singer-songwriter Kai Crowe-Getty has spent more than a decade fronting the popular rock band Lord Nelson. But in recent years, he's been quietly crafting ...

These three country music songs were all written by Jamey Johnson, and recorded by another artist instead of him.

An audience with Gordon Strachan can veer into some unexpected places. And so, having gone from Ron Atkinson’s aftershave, ...

Still, it’s such a flummoxing song, lyrics-wise, for Trump to obsess over, that its latest use by his marketing wing—in a ...

Streaming’s algorithms make it easy to avoid whole discographies – so in the interest of deeper listening, our writers dedicate time to the ones who might have got away ...

Alice’s note: This story first appeared in my blog The Bright Lights of Muleshoe on December 28, 2025. I like Neil Diamond, so I figured I would enjoy this movie featuring his music. I was not ...

The Netherlands’ guttersnipe answer to French chanson and German schlager is as popular as ever – but has it lost its roots as the defiant voice of the working class? Our writer sways along at the Muz ...

We’ve borrowed so much from British sporting culture – but their fans sing with gusto, and we’re so sheepish in comparison.