This week, Kip Moore returns with a sinewy rock outing that showcases his livewire vocals, while Kameron Marlowe turns in a ...

From Latin jazz to children’s music to hard-hitting R&B, WBUR music writer Noah Schaffer shares albums coming out this spring that prove Greater Boston artists are full of resourcefulness and ...

It broke at pop and country radio stations virtually simultaneously—in fact, it got to No. 1 on the Hot 100 a little faster than the Country chart and even held off the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” from No. 1 ...

The only version of pop music you’ll ever hear me listening to is the kind that twists, bends, and breaks all traditional pop barriers. These 7 new albums pull from jazz, R&B, indie, psych, and ...

With hits like “Respect” and “Chain of Fools,” she defined a female archetype: sensual and strong, long-suffering but ...

When K-pop super-label YG Entertainment introduced BLACKPINK in August 2016, the Korean music industry had no shortage of polished girl groups. What it didn't have was an act that could capture the ...

The Beach Boys' 1988 hit single "Kokomo" marked a major success story in the California-based band's history — but not everyone shared that sentiment, especially music critics. Based on a demo by The ...

Bruno Mars is perhaps pop music’s greatest creature of reinvention. Since his 2010 debut, the singer-songwriter has evolved on the genre’s main stage from a supple young crooner with stars in his ...

Spotify is stacking the most-beloved pop songs against one another in a new playlist.

Roberta Flack passed on this day in 2025, and her legacy as one of jazz, soul, and R&B's most powerful female singers lives ...

Here are 11 of the best love songs by some of the biggest bands in heavy metal. Metal bands aren't always known for their ability to be touchy feely, but on more than one occasion, heavy metal has ...

Even taking into account his piano room full of sand, Brian Wilson was a schoolboy compared to the self-destructive, ever-shirtless former Stooges frontman Iggy Pop. But according to multiple ...