The longest Amplifier playlist of the year is finally here: five hours, 90 tracks, each of which was chosen as a 2025 ...

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

A moving collection of vocal works, including world premiere recordings of music by the eminent Hungarian composer Gyorgy ...

"End of You," the powerhouse collaboration between Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante is Loudwire's Best Metal Song of the ...

The top country songs of 2025 prove that the next generation has arrived, and we're not just talking about the artists. Important songs from this year broke on streaming platforms or social media ...

Santana seemed destined for a long chart drought. And then "Winning" came along and changed their fortunes in a hurry.

From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

Unlike the past few years where there were clearly dominant pop music storylines like the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef or ...

Even as the amount of music made by both humans and AI exceeds what any listener could possibly consume, a few local artists ...

When you vote, you’ll even be entered to win a Blue Ox Music Festival 2026 Prize Pack. That includes a pair of General ...

The Brooklyn band that is hyped as the future of rock is on it, as is the Spanish visionary who’s making outrageously ambitious classical-pop music that isn’t cringe, and a rising Philly band whose ...

Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything it can.