NEW YORK (AP) -- The idea Bruce Springsteen wrote, recorded and ultimately shelved entire albums of music may seem odd to the casual listener. Why put yourself through all that work for nothing? Yet ...

YouTube Music is testing a new feature to help you easily discover similar albums. It could soon add a Recommended carousel to album pages, showing other albums by the same artist and similar albums ...

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but someone didn't give these musicians the memo. And we, the fans, are all the better for it. Whether musicians consciously decided or unconsciously developed (through ...

From the dusty trails of outlaw rebellion to the polished glitz of Nashville, we rank the definitive country music ...

Ella Langley. Wesley Joseph. The spellbinding Juni Habel. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson chats with Chloe Kimes from WMOT in Nashville about their favorite albums out Friday, April 10. Plus, a handful ...

Paste’s 22nd Best Albums of the Year list, first compiled by the music team in a Google doc nearly 60 pages long, has arrived. 2024 was one for the books, and one of the best years of music of my life ...

Country music as a genre doesn’t get enough credit for the incredible albums and artists that shaped music history as a whole. We think these four classic country albums and musicians changed music ...

Leaving aside… you know… 2025 should be an exciting year, at least for music. Below, you’ll find 15 artists and bands who I’m hoping will release an album in ...

Even though most of the big summer records are holding out for June and July releases, there’s still plenty of great new music in May. Car Seat Headrest has an ambitious new rock opera, Ben Kweller is ...

Picture this. You hit play on an album and suddenly you're not just hearing songs, you're entering a world. Characters emerge. Conflicts unfold. Emotional arcs build and break and resolve. Some albums ...

With Record Store Day happening on April 12, 2025, it only seems fitting to talk about a new book coming out next month all based on the music of the 1980’s. Boy, that was a time, wasn’t it? Big hair, ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Apple Music's selection is exceptional, but ...