"American Folk" then became a tribute to the older musical roots that both Guthrie and Parton drew from: Shaker devotional tunes, psalm singing from the New England hymnody, Appalachian fiddle tunes ...

On this day (January 14) in 1938, Billie Jo Spears was born in Beaumont, Texas. Her recording career began in the mid-1950s. However, it didn’t truly take off until the late ’60s, when she landed her ...

The guitarist, singer and songwriter, who died at 78, cut his own path among his elders in the Grateful Dead, and beyond. By David Browne As the youngest member of the original Grateful Dead, Bob Weir ...

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

In these 100 songs, you’ll hear lusty dubstep, quietly subversive electronic pop, regional rap bangers, alt-country odysseys, ubiquitous chart-toppers, and much more. We were drawn to songs this year ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder drafted Nikola Topic with the 12th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. Unfortunately, he did not play for them at all last season while recovering from a torn ACL that he ...

When you’ve been making records for 60 years or so, you’re bound to end up getting a bit self-reflexive at times. The Rolling Stones have occasionally looked in the collective mirror when coming up ...

“Swag,” a relatively subdued and introspective body of work, is Bieber at his most mature, sharing his love for his wife Hailey and son Jack across 21 tracks. It marks a turning point for Bieber, no ...

Well, it's official y'all. San Antonio may have its own national anthem that isn't a cumbia song about a gorilla (If you've been to a quinceañera here, you know). A few months back, comedian and song ...