It’s genuinely difficult to overstate the impact Nirvana had – not just on music, but on popular culture as a whole – when ...

The first time that author Annie Zaleski truly became a Stevie Nicks fan was as a kid in the 1980s, a decade that saw the ...

Rhode Island singer-songwriter Chris Principe sees deep divisions in society, but he also sees hope, and he's sharing that in ...

NPR's Ayesha speaks with the pop star Kesha about her life, her afterlife, her music and her new world tour, "The Freedom Tour." ...

These iconic songs from Queen, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, and The Doors shattered conventions and became legendary classic ...

Stone Temple Pilots found their guy. Around nine years ago, the Southern California-founded band -- known for ‘90s hits like ...

The second of two 2026 projects shepherded to fruition by Netflix and The Duffer Brothers’ shingle Upside Down Pictures, The ...

Welcome to Listening Habits, a column where I share the music and musical topics I’ve been fixated on recently. Have you ...

The New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli met with Taylor Swift in Los Angeles to talk about the craft of songwriting. The New York Times Magazine polled more than 250 music insiders and gathered six ...

“What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” — sung by Jimmy Ruffin, recorded in Motown’s Studio A and prominently featured in the new trailer for "Supergirl" — is a Motown classic. Detroit musician Paul Riser ...

Gigi Perez has always searched for belonging in a song. As a closeted teen in New Jersey, she learned covers by queer artists like Troye Sivan and Hayley Kiyoko, because their music felt like it held ...

For many songwriters, the outro of a song is the last consideration. By the time it comes around, many listeners have checked out. But some of the best songs come about when an artist decides to make ...