Variety's music writers pick 2025's best songs, from Lily Allen, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, Dijon, Hayley Williams, Taylor Swift and more.

It has been a prolific year for the local music scene, from indie rock to jazz and R&B, here are the best albums of 2025.

Songs about love, sex, tax and demon hunters ranked among the best music of 2025, according to a "poll of polls" conducted by ...

Cher, Paul Simon, Whitney Houston, and more will be honored during the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards Ceremony on ...

From Kali Uchis, Omar Courtz, Jasiel Nuñez, Fonseca & Manuel Medrano, Arcángel, and more, check out this week's hottest ...

After a bizarre year in politics, global affairs and popular culture, artists appear to have reacted by pushing the sonic ...

The first solo album in three years from the New York rapper (and his first release since his twin 2023 stunners, the Kenny Segal collab Maps, which landed on our 2023 year-end list, and Armand Hammer ...

The holiday season gives NCPR a chance to share program specials that encourage us to look back, look ahead, or just pause ...

From Lady Gaga and Geese to Lily Allen and Rosalía, these are the albums our staff believes every music lover should hear.

From tongue-in-check antics poking fun at the music industry to heartfelt odes to salsa, here's what we loved this year ...

That stick-to-itiveness paid off in spades in 2025: Her new album, “The Art of Loving,” shot to the top of the album chart in ...

A toy and collectibles store, coffee shop, entertainment space, hair salon and nail shop are among businesses with new homes ...