The popular holiday tune “Jingle Bells” was not written as a Christmas song. "Jingle Bells" is a staple of the Christmas ...

A beloved Beatles track has a minor blunder that many fans have overlooked. The legendary boy band, featuring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison, captured countless hearts ...

This list of NPR Music's best songs of 2023 looks unlike any we've ever made before. It's not just the number of songs that has changed. There are no rankings here — in fact, the 123 songs below ...

SPIRIT OF PITTSBURGH. HERE WE GO. STEELERS. HERE WE GO. PITTSBURGH’S GOIN TO THE SUPER BOWL. TODAY THE MAN BEHIND THE SONG FOR 30 YEARS NOW ROGER WOOD INVITES US INTO HIS CHESWICK STUDIO WHERE THE ...

Year after year, the Eurovision Song Contest delivers a dazzling, glittery spectacle of only barely contained chaos. There's all the lights, fireworks, flags, sequins, disco balls and dance breaks, of ...

Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" presents like a carefree drinking song, but the lyrics tell a more serious story that country fans know very well. "Tipsy" (as it's often called) opens with acoustic ...

How exactly did McCartney come up with this gorgeous song? What was about it the Revolver album that allowed the Fab Four to spread their artistic wings so wide? And what did the band’s friendly ...

A playlist of songs from artists including Liz Phair, Drake and John Cale that explain our critic’s year. By Lindsay Zoladz In my very first installment of this newsletter, I introduced myself and my ...

Singapore turns 60 years old on 9 August. To celebrate, 27,000 people will gather at the Padang, a downtown athletics field close to Parliament House, for the annual National Day Parade. As the ...