Jill Sobule in 2023. Andy Kropa/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Andy Kropa/Invision/AP Jill Sobule, who raised eyebrows with her cheeky 1995 anthem “I Kissed a Girl,” has died. According to her publicist David Elkin and […]
Alex Warren’s (left) “Ordinary” continues to climb up the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Meanwhile Jack Black (right) scores a surprising record with a very short song from A Minecraft Movie. Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images […]
Through Pere Ubu, David Thomas’ influence can be heard on countless bands that resisted categorization. David Corio/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Corio/Redferns/Getty Images David Thomas, the irreverent experimental musician who led the influential […]
Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland, pictured in 2023, is putting the brand up for sale two years after announcing plans for a second event. Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Theo Wargo/Getty Images The […]
Ken Carson performs at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 19, 2024. This week, Carson’s fourth album, More Chaos, became his first to hit No. 1. on Billboard‘s album chart. Matt […]
Davis was jazz critic for The Village Voice and a contributing editor for The Atlantic. He wrote many books on jazz, and won a Grammy for his liner notes for the reissue of Miles Davis’ […]
Francis Davis accepts the Grammy award for best album notes for his work on Miles Davis’ Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition in 2009. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Winter/Getty Images […]
Katy Perry performs during 2015 Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images When the news first broke […]
Tracy Chapman performs during the 66th Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, 2024 in Los Angeles. Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Amy Sussman/Getty Images The original cast recording of Hamilton, the score of the […]
Off of the back of his hit project Debí Tirar Más Fotos (one of the best albums of the year so far), Bad Bunny stopped by NPR’s New York City office to perform an acoustic, […]
“I’ve played this music to myself and often close friends for years now,” Springsteen says. “I’m glad you’ll get a chance to finally hear them. I hope you enjoy them.” Al Pereira/WireImage/WireImage hide caption toggle […]
This week rapper Playboi Carti’s MUSIC tops this week’s Billboard 200. Scott Dudelson/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Scott Dudelson/Getty Images/Getty Images North America The rapper Playboi Carti‘s much-hyped MUSIC leads this […]
Honduran musician and politician Aurelio Martínez, photographed in London in 2011. Judith Burrows/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Judith Burrows/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Honduran folk musician Aurelio Martínez has died. The 55-year-old was a respected […]
Jesse Colin Young performs live in 1973. ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images Jesse Colin Young, a prolific musician known as the voice of The Youngbloods’ era-defining “Get Together,” […]
Lady Gaga returned to pop music when she released “Mayhem” last week. NPR Music’s Hazel Cills talks to Rob Schmitz about the album. Content shared from www.npr.org. Share This Article
This week, only one album debuts in the top 50: Alter Ego by LISA of the K-pop group BLACKPINK. CHANAKARN LAOSARAKHAM/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption CHANAKARN LAOSARAKHAM/AFP via Getty Images/AFP This week’s […]
“You made me drеam / More than I dared,” Parton sings on the song. “And I wouldn’t be hеre / If you hadn’t been there.” Terry Wyatt/WireImage/WireImage hide caption toggle caption Terry Wyatt/WireImage/WireImage Dolly Parton’s […]
The pop star Tate McRae, who first caught the public’s attention as a finalist on the 13th season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2016, has been bubbling up ever since. Jamie McCarthy/Getty […]
Dolly Parton performs during an event in August 2023 celebrating the Kansas statewide expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Overland Park, Kan. Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday in […]
Angie Stone, pictured at the 2009 Soul Train Awards in Atlanta, died in a car accident on Saturday. Gregory Smith/AP hide caption toggle caption Gregory Smith/AP The music world and saddened fans are mourning the […]