Tyler Childers bares his fangs. Patty Griffin honors her mother. Indigo De Souza approaches the precipice. Read our list of ...

SUMMERS: All right, Ann, so NPR music has published its list of the best songs of 2023. And right away, there is something that stands out here.

Adrian Quesada throws a psychedelic fiesta. Madison McFerrin sings through the heartache. Durand Jones is thankful for what he's got. KALW's Wonway Posibul joins Stephen Thompson to discuss their ...

SHAPIRO: The staff of NPR Music talking about songs that didn't make it onto their end-of-year lists. You can hear more of their personal favorites on the All Songs Considered podcast.

The NPR Music team listened to almost 80 albums to prepare for this week's New Music Friday episode, and the two records that stood out the most both came from Nashville, so we had to have Celia ...

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Close the work week on a good note. Our colleagues at NPR Music brought us a roundup of their favorite music out today. Here are NPR's Stephen Thompson and Sheldon Pearce.

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomed Ayana Contreras of Denver public radio stations KUVO Jazz and The Drop to our New Music Friday podcast to discuss the latest from rising R&B star Coco Jones, ...

NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers take you on a tour of the most exciting albums out Friday, Sept. 6, including a album-length collaboration (don't call it a comeback) between rapper LL ...

Here are their own 2023 playlist Have you ever listened to NPR and wondered who chooses those songs you hear between ... It's just that a lot of the music I listened to was in the realm of ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with NPR music critic Ann Powers on the rise of interpolation in the increasingly litigious music industry and the line between nostalgia and theft.

Members of the NPR Music team this week have been previewing the new music out this year. Another member of the team spotlights two of the albums he's looking forward to hearing. 2021 was supposed ...

NPR Music's amateur songwriter competition, Tiny Desk Contest, reveals another winner. Nearly 7,000 artists entered the contest for the 10th anniversary title.