Welcome to the seventh Songs of the Week of 2026. This week Andy Von Pip, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humphires helped me decide the list. We considered over 50 songs and narrowed ...

Our staff's favorite songs from a year of booming rap singles, delicate piano-rock ballads and irresistible pop singles that brought you-know-what back to the front of top 40. In the wake of the ...

Songwriter Patrick Davis put on a short concert for members of the South Carolina General Assembly on March 24. Via a live internet stream, he performed his composition “Carolina When I Die,” which is ...

Michael Block is a 14 time GLAM Award nominated writer, producer, and host of the podcast Block Talk. Throughout his time in the entertainment industry, he has worked on and off Broadway as a stage ...

“Wildflower” beat tracks by Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga and Doechii. By Hank Shteamer Billie Eilish resumed her lengthy streak of Grammy wins on Sunday when “Wildflower,” a melancholy acoustic ballad written ...

Under the name Air Mail, Midwest-born artist Niko Francis crafts songs that feel both handmade and immediate—melancholy snapshots wrapped in melody. The name itself comes from writing letters to loved ...

Looking back, 1986 doesn't seem to be a pivotal year in music history. Throughout the year, new artists emerged, veterans were still a presence on the charts, and the top records of the year featured ...

One of the bonuses of making "Song Sung Blue" filled with Neil Diamond songs is how astonishingly prolific the globally beloved singer-songwriter was during his five decades of recording and ...

"Song Sung Blue," the movie about of Neil Diamond tribute act Lightning & Thunder, hits theaters on Christmas Day. The film depicts the duo's highs (opening for Pearl Jam) and lows (a devastating car ...

"Go Around Songs, Vol. 1" is folklorist Ellen Stekert's first album in decades. The tracks were all recorded in the 1950s and 1960s and were remastered and remixed by producer Ross Wylde for release.

On first listen, “total euphoria” sounds like the product of eight people playing completely out of sync with one another. The drums enter and exit the mix of their own accord; the guitars speed up ...

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are back as Elphaba and Glinda for “Wicked: For Good,” Jon M. Chu’s latest film which adapts the second act of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s hit musical. Though ...