For viewers weaned on an era when American Idol incubated household names like Kelly Clarkson and Adam Lambert, the special ...

From a song by a certified superstar that came out in the very first week of January to breakthroughs from lesser-known indie acts, here are selections from NPR Music's list of the best songs of 2025.

The new film "Song Sung Blue" pays homage to the catalog of Neil Diamond, and it is one worth celebrating. We rank his 10 ...

Christmas albums still have a bit of a stigma among fans of higher-cred artists. It can be difficult, first, to overcome the expectation that they’re either cash grabs or sops to sentimentality, and ...

This last column of the year propitiously comes out right around Christmastime, which gives me an opportunity to say happy ...

The change has been driven by technology. In the pre-streaming era, consumers would play Christmas music through CDs and ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — A San Diego-based singer and songwriter is fighting back against the premature shift from Thanksgiving to Christmas with a new holiday song that's already gaining national ...

Songs credited to an artist named Solomon Ray entered iTunes’ Top 100 Christian and gospel albums chart last week — but the hits weren’t created by a human. Ray’s voice, lyrics and persona were ...

From reflections on the world at large to soul-bearing love songs, these four songs from 1971 defined the singer-songwriter era.