Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

This month’s new music roundup could easily be called “sounds from the underground,” as bands from across the local alternative scene showed up and out during the first month of 2026, including a ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic was hit with a new lawsuit in California federal court on Wednesday by music publishers Universal Music Group (UMG.AS), opens new tab, ...

Raye has announced that her sophomore album, This Music May Contain Hope, will land on March 27. News of the aspirational offering arrived alongside a heartfelt message from the Grammy-nominated ...

At a Chateau Marmont-hosted launch party for her new Chanel Coco Crush campaign, Abrams caught up with The Hollywood Reporter to talk music, secret wishes and whether she would act one day. By Chris ...

If you’ve already played out all the best albums of 2025 and you’re ready to put your music listening habits in 2026 mode, you’re in luck because this year is already musically off to a good start. We ...

90 tracks! Five hours! Remix the year in pop however you wish. By Lindsay Zoladz The longest Amplifier playlist of the year is finally here: five hours, 90 tracks, each of which was chosen as a 2025 ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

‘Tis the season to put on some brand-new holiday music. The best way to get festive is to sing along to Christmas classics new and old. But don’t know what to press play on? We’ve got you covered. In ...

Earlier this year, Spotify rolled out an all-new feature that lets users watch music videos within the app. You can switch between audio and video formats with the new feature, which is slowly being ...

At this point, the streaming music landscape feels pretty well settled. Giants like Spotify, Amazon, Apple and YouTube duke it out at the top, while plenty of other players like Qobuz, Tidal, Deezer ...