Our staff's favorite songs from the past year of hits and deeper cuts. On the charts, 2025 was a year that often felt like flipping TV channels to find a new episode to watch and coming across nothing ...

JOHANNESBURG - Three apartheid-era police officers accused of killing student activist Caiphus Nyoka will learn their fate. The High Court in Joburg is expected to deliver its judgment. Nyoka, a COSAS ...

There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra sing during the taping of "The Dean Martin Variety Show" circa 1967 in Hollywood, California. The list spans decades, beginning with 19th-century carols and leading into ...

There are plenty of songs about sports out there. Many are worth celebrating, and we're not talking about songs that have become associated with teams or sports-venue regulars, such as "We Will Rock ...

Kendrick Lamar has released a surprise song on his Instagram page, supposedly titled “Watch the Party Die.” On the five-minute song, he references Christian rapper Lecrae, Terrace Martin and what ...

Amidst all of the other Linkin Park news, the band debuted their first song with new singer Emily Armstrong titled “The Emptiness Machine.” The track starts off with vocals from Mike Shinoda and feels ...

First they came for Pluto. Then math. Now it’s the alphabet! You might not know your ABCs — or be able to sing along anymore. The alphabet song of our youth has been updated, and confused parents are ...

It’s been a big year for moody guitar bangers, boundary-pushing Latin pop, dazzling pop spectacle, and uplifting Afropop. The song of the summer sweepstakes are off and running. Superstars like Usher, ...

Two superstar collaborations hold down two of the Top 5 songs on the June 2024 Top 40 Country Songs list. Most surprising, however, is the straightforward country jam from an indie artist no one is ...

You can go in many directions when compiling a list of the all-time best country music songs. Which criteria do you use? Record sales, most streamed, most googled, number of weeks on the country ...

Pearl Jam isn’t quite the last band standing from the glory days of grunge—their Seattle brothers Mudhoney still fight the good fight, delivering good new records every few years—but they are among an ...