The best new songs of the week include fresh tracks from Naomi Scott, Avalon Emerson & the Charm, Cardinals, and more.

Leonard Cohen was only nine when his father passed away. After the funeral, the boy wrote his first poem which he placed in ...

These unforgettable cover songs by Sinéad O’Connor, Jeff Buckley, and Whitney Houston became stronger versions than the ...

Luke Combs is launching into 2026 by issuing new music to preview his upcoming album, The Way I Am, out March 20. Meanwhile, Brit Taylor and Kenny Whitmire each turn in stellar pe ...

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

Aerosmith and Yungblud have officially released their latest five-track EP, One More Time. It is the first original Aerosmith material in more than a decade. The project has brought Steven Tyler and ...

This 964-generation 1993 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 coupe was presented at an RM Sotheby’s auction in 2022 with a high-end estimate of $130,000. Rafael Martin/RM Sotheby’s This was, of course, recognized ...

We’ve reached the finale of this year’s #1 hits ranking series, and we’re ending on one of the strongest Top 5s of the whole event. It helps that I lived through all of these songs dominating radio ...

With thousands of metal songs released in 2025, here's a ranking of the 13 best. Just trying to keep up with the dozens (sometimes hundreds) of new tracks dropping each week is a gauntlet. We all have ...

This year in music had no shortage of hits, but only a handful of songs truly rose above the rest. Whether they dominated the charts, took over social media or just refused to leave our heads, these ...

NPR Music critics reflect on the lyrics that captured the year's mood, sparked emotions and stayed with them long after the music stopped. Lyrics of a song can reach us in ways that no other speech ...