Classic rock albums like Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life and Aerosmith's Rocks are turning 50 in the year 2026.

From Usher and Doechii to Amerie and Rick Ross–let’s get into a handful of the most memorable and worst-sounding NPR Tiny Desks performances!

That’s the kind of life-altering experience waiting for you at Hot Rods 50’s Diner in Alcoa, Tennessee. Time travel isn’t just a sci-fi fantasy—it’s alive and well in this corner of East Tennessee ...

Nick Jonas, most recently seen on Broadway in The Last Five Years, is celebrating the start of 2026 with the release of his ...

Cruise through America's best old-school drive-in restaurants, from local icons to carhop classics where it's worth the trip ...

Of course you’ve missed some great stuff since 1985! A lot of you weren't even born then! Not only has the advent of digital ...

A reflection on music videos' glory days -- as MTV shuts down channels. Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

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 ...

90 tracks! Five hours! Remix the year in pop however you wish. By Lindsay Zoladz The longest Amplifier playlist of the year is finally here: five hours, 90 tracks, each of which was chosen as a 2025 ...

Right now, the internet is awash in click-to-buy gift guides. They promise the perfect gift (under $100!) for everyone on your list, be it the hiking husband, the cinephile niece or the beer-loving ex ...

With 2025 coming to a close, that means we've reached the halfway point for this decade. Difficult as that may be to believe, it is true, and it technically marks six full years of music, counting ...