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 ...

The NI music scene regularly produces more tasty bangers than Denny’s and Cookstown combined, and this year promises to be even better thanks to an army of new acts hungry for success. Regardless of ...

From CMAT and the Carpenters’ fresh starts to the Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun and Nina Simone’s Feeling Good, starting again is a rich theme in pop. Here are some of the best examples It’s hard to ...

Richard Smallwood, a gospel singer and recording artist nominated eight times for Grammy Awards, has died. He was 77. Smallwood died on Tuesday of complications of kidney failure at a rehabilitation ...

The Weeknd might as well be the face of Spotify at this point, having broken a another record on the music streaming platform. In a press release shared with Complex, it's been reported that the pop ...

Singer Shilpa Rao emphasizes that a singer's career is unpredictable, citing her own experiences with unsuccessful songs. She highlights the enduring success of legends like Lata Mangeshkar and ...

A joyful look at how regional music is crossing borders, turning folk roots, film songs and hook steps into favourites worldwide Lyrics, too, play a powerful role. Despite dubbed versions being widely ...

From Shaky to Saiyaara, 2025 was a blockbuster year for Hindi music on YouTube. Chart-busting dance numbers, romantic melodies, and viral reels pushed several songs to record-breaking view counts.

From a folk murder ballad to an impassioned call for peace, Guardian writers pick their favourite lesser-heard tracks of the year The pick of 2025’s film, music, art, TV, stage and games, chosen by ...

This visceral collaboration sees Enda Scahill of We Banjo 3 and the Swedish harmonica player Joel Andersson mine seams so deep that they unearth gems gloriously uncut across genres from Irish ...