Humans have always turned to music to help us chronicle our often troubled times. Whether evoking personal or social stories, music can move us beyond facts and figures, dates and events, and reveal ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of ...

Harry Styles loves to name-drop, as fans are well aware. And while he doesn’t always explain the monikers in his music, “Carla’s Song,” the closing track on his latest album, marks a rare exception.

Taliban officials deny holding a U.S.-Afghan citizen, who witnesses and U.S. officials say was detained by Afghanistan’s intelligence services in 2022. By Elian Peltier and Adam Goldman On a summer ...

A second season of Love is Blind: Habibi and a TV version of hit YouTube film-turned feature AlKhallat+ have been unveiled on a Netflix slate from the MENA region. The projects that “champion bold ...

The internet knows Hamood Habibi for his viral fame, but few know the haunting story of how it all began. SNL mocks Kristi Noem's firing, Hegseth on Iran in cold open One type of drinking water linked ...

Before he was the guy leading stadiums full of fans through the chorus of "Sweet Caroline," Neil Diamond was a kid in Brooklyn writing song lyrics while bored in class. Diamond's expansive songwriting ...

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

Whether you’re an aspiring songwriter, just starting out, or an old pro, it’s helpful to look at the parts of a song and how best to arrange them. Playing with structure requires both sides of the ...

Here are the 51 best rock and metal songs of 2025! We know you all have a long, long list of your favorites from this year, whether it's in a playlist curated by our streaming overlords and ones ...

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are back as Elphaba and Glinda for “Wicked: For Good,” Jon M. Chu’s latest film which adapts the second act of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s hit musical. Though ...