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Spectrum of relaxing sounds for Pride.
Hannah Montana meets Hans Urs Von Balthasar.
Mister, I’m sticking with The Boss! What year is it? (#571)
The Cars represented a break from the hippies and heavy rock pervasive at the time.
Looking back at two standout 1985 songs.
Ask J.D. King for advice. What year is it (#557)?
One to One: John & Yoko is a fine archival documentary on the couple’s turbulent first 18 months in New York.
The Twilight Sad’s masterpiece reissued.
Investigating the roots of shoegaze in the 1960s.
Peter Gabriel's breakthrough and the real meaning of "Solsbury Hill."
What chances would Eric Satie have if he were around today as an unknown?
On Chris Barnes, death metal pioneer and noted "cookie-monster" vocalist.
From CDs burnt by local bands to YouTube demos uploaded by Scandinavian songwriters, new music has helped me become more aware of my surroundings.
A 2025 Cosmopolitan interview with rapper Jaylah “Doechii” Hickmon vs. a 2023 Music Business Worldwide interview with music producer Teddy Riley.
Die young and leave a pretty corpse.
The clairvoyance of a true poet.
Perhaps music is adaptive, its purpose soothing fussy babies (and their parents).
Radiohead meets Bill Evans and Thomas Merton.
Doechii is changing the game.
The ring is set: hip-hop’s current showdown.
The best of the worst songs for the season.
NPR revisits an 1988 interview with the late American music icon.
The late songwriter talks about the cover of XO, writing lyrics overseas, and recording at Abbey Road.
Presaging lo-fi recording, Wilson pulled himself out of drugs briefly to record this cassette, with the help of David Anderle and Van Dyke Parks.
The Smashing Pumpkins legend talks to Jerry Bryant about Urge Overkill, bad food in other countries, and the comfort of McDonald's.
Unreleased, unofficial album compiled and bootlegged by Brian Wilson in the late-1970s.
The late songwriter talks to the BBC's Bob Harris in this November 16, 1976 interview.
The influential YouTube music critic talks about Radiohead, Abbey Road, Drake vs. Kendrick, and more.
More than six hours of Davis and his group recording one of his best albums.
The late legend live in Santa Monica.