The NPR Music critic and All Songs Considered contributor's favorite records of the year include the best of British rap, ...

In the midst of all the political turmoil of 2025, there came a song that gave us hope. “Golden,” released in early July off ...

NPR Music critics, editors and Tiny Desk producers each singled out one album they would recommend to anyone who came calling ...

An unsuspecting set of shelves accommodates Dave Watson’s record-breaking music collection. Your head tells you that a ...

A touring musician with more than four decades of experience across the East Coast is bringing his music to Wilmington on ...

From his start as a child actor to being nominated for Grammy Awards as Mos Def, see Yasiin Bey’s journey to legendary status ...

This week's publishing roundup features several new deals, including Reservoir partnering with Skatta and Peermusic snagging ...

Continuing with our end-of-year coverage, following our Top 25 of 2025, Okayplayer shares our top artists of the year. From chart-topping releases to sold-out world tours, pristine album rollouts to ...

Three country artists make the list. Though it seems nearly unfathomable, with 2025 slowly coming to a close, we are just weeks away from officially closing the page on the first quarter of the 21st ...

Sprinkled like cinnamon throughout a setlist of holiday songs from her 2024 album, “Sleigh,” and selections from her Broadway ...

“Star Wars” producer Gary Kurtz kept the original painting and hung it on his office wall before passing it down to his ...

Also this week, a Sheena East and Peabo Bryson holiday concert, Sacra/Profana performs, MCASD’s Winter MKT, spooky holiday ...