Southern writer Sean Dietrich traces how smartphones, algorithms and outrage culture killed newspapers, gutted reading and ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

Kate Hudson shines in Song Sung Blue, channeling the charm and depth of Penny Lane from Almost Famous in a career-fulfilling performance.

It may seem difficult to imagine, but once upon a time, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas (Is You)” didn’t get played ...

Most of my friends think that I'd get sick of Disney World because I live so close to the Most Magical Place on Earth. Soon ...

After taking the world by storm with their debut, Panic! At The Disco looked to the greats for inspiration for their next ...

This year's defining songs include a pop gem from Taylor Swift's latest album, Olivia Dean's breakout hit, and Kendrick Lamar ...

Mariah Carey is a marketing genius. The pop superstar begins promoting her best-selling single, a Christmas song, on ...

From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

With Mariah Carey and Wham! saturating airwaves with their holiday tunes, it’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. But if all you want for Christmas is a reprieve from stereotypical Christmas ...

As the leader of the Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde wrote, sung and recorded some of the most memorable songs of the 1980s. More than four decades later, Hynde, 74, is still at it and is offering fans an ...

The beauty of love songs, especially love songs in country music, is the feelings they evoke years, and sometimes even decades later. These three country love songs came out in the 1970s, but still ...