NPR Music critics reflect on the lyrics that captured the year's mood, sparked emotions and stayed with them long after the music stopped.

When Shakin’ Stevens began researching his family tree, it led him to the Salvation Army – and a new recording of a Christmas ...

Singer-composer Job Kurian belongs firmly to the latter. Nearly two decades into his journey, his career feels less like a marked timeline and more like a trail of lived moments: childhood listening ...

Several Gershwin classics, plus cartoons like Betty Boop and Blondie, have reached the U.S. copyright maximum.

The Traveling Wilburys were known for their group dynamic. But Bob Dylan stepped to the forefront with "If You Belonged To Me ...

Dion, who lives with stiff-person syndrome, also wished fans a year full of "happiness and peace in your heart" ...

Did you know that the first-ever hit single from pioneering Atlanta hip-hop duo OutKast, 1993's "Player's Ball", was a Christmas song?

A local Oklahoma Black Lives Matter leader was indicted by a federal grand jury for charges of wire fraud and embezzlement after accusations she used funds meant for social justice causes for her own ...

Anderson Cooper delivered a dramatic reading of Taylor Swift's 'Wood' on New Year's Eve and struggled to contain his laughter ...

Howard Gordon‘s latest Golden Globe nomination, which he earned Monday morning for his Netflix limited series The Beast in Me, is a serendipitous twist of fate on several fronts, starting with the ...

Tearjerking movie Song Sung Blue, starring Hugh Jackman and a Golden Globe-nominated Kate Hudson, tells the true story of ...

The medieval chape has been declared a 'find of note' by the British Museum A metal detectorist who discovered a 1,500-year-old scabbard chape in a field has recalled the "thrill" of a find giving ...