For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...

Jon Batiste's eyes lit up as he walked through the National Museum of African American Music to see his exhibit among legends ...

He played the type of music that really resonated with his audience. It was feel-good music. It was people’s music.” ...

The weather outside might be frightful for a while, but what better time to stay in and snuggle up with a great Broadway read ...

A look at 2025’s most standout albums, spanning pop, hip-hop, and beyond, highlighting the year’s boldest sounds and most memorable releases.

Few vocalists in modern music history have demonstrated range as radically as Mike Patton, whose recorded span stretches ...

After splitting The Jam at their peak, Paul Weller reinvented himself with The Style Council, embracing soul, jazz, and pop on 'Café Bleu.' ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...

Here is the third part of our playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland. It marks eleventh year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

From Clipse to Tyler, the Creator to billy woods to Ovrkast to Bruiser Wolf, here are our favorite rap albums of 2025.

It’s been 40 years since Bob Dylan’s “Biograph” became the first CD box set to be released and there’s still gold to be mined ...

For nine years here at WMOT, I’ve been proud and privileged to select and remark on thirty albums from the closing year that meet several criteria. Some made national news and did well on the ...