Across languages, genres and decades, songwriters have embedded specific dates and months into their melodies, and these dates have never quite recovered from the encounter.

Runa Laila, celebrating 50 years in Hindi films, continues to bridge India and Bangladesh through her music. Her powerful ...

Billboard ranks every song on Jason Aldean's new album 'Songs About Us.' At 20 tracks, Jason Aldean’s Songs About Us, out Friday (April 24), seems almost miniature compared to the supersized releases ...

Asha Bhosle died at the age of 92 on April 12. She leaves behind a rich legacy of music, spanning seven decades. Not many know, but the legendary singer even has her name recorded in the Guinness Book ...

The passing of Asha Bhosle marks the end of an era. Her versatile voice has fans across generations, from the gramophone age to the streaming era. While her Hindi discography is obviously very popular ...

Ella Langley's Dandelion is about growth — in all its forms. Perfectly timed for spring, the album has plenty of seasonal imagery about regrowth and new buds blooming. The obvious example is the title ...

The vocalists in the experimental choral group Roomful of Teeth can sing just about anything. They tested out yodeling, Tuvan-inspired throat singing and modernist classical traditions on their Grammy ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Paul McCartney is back with his first new album since the end of 2020, and a new single that honors late former bandmate John Lennon. The Beatles icon and former Wings frontman, 84, announced Thursday ...

If we've got one big criticism about Luke Combs' new album, The Way I Am, it's that he doesn't need to sell us so hard that he's still his old self. The singer took some time off in 2025 to be with ...

Olivia Rodrigo is slowly revealing details about her upcoming third album, telling British Vogue in a new cover story that it’s full of “sad love songs.” The 23-year-old pop star’s follow-up to 2023’s ...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be just the second time more than one country is hosting the men's tournament. It has only happened in 2002, when both Japan and South Korea played host. This will be the ...