Summer is nearly upon us and as Music lovers there are many of us waiting on this year's Song of the Summer to drop. Chances ...

With all those Christmas cookies around, it might be a good idea to get your heart pumping this holiday season. The average American gains a pound or two between Thanksgiving and New Year’s — and ...

Billy Joel turns 77, and a fan ranks his ten greatest songs, skipping "Piano Man" in favor of deep cuts, rockers, and timeless New York anthems.

NPR Music's list of the best 25 songs represent the upper echelon of our staff and stations' favorite discoveries from the past 12 months. For those who want to dive deeper, please check out our ...

The best classic rock songs of the 1970s include masterpieces like "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd and "Layla" by Derek and the Dominos.

(Illustrated by Mara Ocejo; Photos: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images; Robin Harper; John Jay; Norman Wong; ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) As we mentioned in our midyear albums list, one of the biggest ...

Stream this list on Apple Music and Spotify. See The FADER's 50 best albums of 2025. As the opening track to their debut album, “Real Life” feels like ear’s way of saying “hello world.” It begins ...

Welcome to the sound of public radio in 2025. Our list of the best 125 songs of the year was curated by more than 60 writers and DJs across the NPR Music Network, and runs the gamut of sounds, scenes ...

So many songs from 1976 define rock history, but not every tune that year was filled with good vibes — some addressed one of ...

The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest final in Vienna has showcased acts from 25 countries. But not all songs are created equal.

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...