Kendrick Lamar has released a surprise song on his Instagram page, supposedly titled “Watch the Party Die.” On the five-minute song, he references Christian rapper Lecrae, Terrace Martin and what ...

There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...

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You can go in many directions when compiling a list of the all-time best country music songs. Which criteria do you use? Record sales, most streamed, most googled, number of weeks on the country ...

In a new study, researchers found universal features of songs across many cultures, suggesting that music evolved in our distant ancestors. A research team that comprised musicologists, psychologists, ...

Pearl Jam isn’t quite the last band standing from the glory days of grunge—their Seattle brothers Mudhoney still fight the good fight, delivering good new records every few years—but they are among an ...

Billie Eilish has had a prolific career since the release of her E.P. “don’t smile at me” in 2016 Billie Eilish/YouTube Billie Eilish has broken numerous records since she put out her first E.P., ...

Tonight, the 96th Academy Awards will air and award some brass to the top achievements in film over the last year. And it seems that Billie Eilish is set to win her second Best Original Song Oscar in ...

In the 1981 Rolling Stone obituary, Bob Marley biographer Timothy White wrote, “The pervasive image of Bob Marley is that of a gleeful Rasta with a croissant-sized spliff clenched in his teeth, stoned ...

But even while taste clearly plays a role in the ideal music for getting work done, research suggests it’s not the only factor. A parade of studies indicate that different types of music — or no music ...