From swampy blues to triple-guitar assaults, these 21 essential records define the soul, grit, and enduring legacy of the ...

“I need the love, gang,” Earl announces in his jovially baked bongo-jam tribute to the family-man life. For a rapper who once ...

Some pop fans might have gone into 2025 anticipating a year’s worth of the shakes, suffering from Eras Tour withdrawal. But ...

These four Willie Nelson songs sound like he wrote them, but they were actually written by someone else instead.

After more than seven decades in music, you might think Willie Nelson has heard — and sung — it all. But even now, at 92, there are still a few songs that get to him every time. The country legend was ...

Wet Leg frontwoman Rhian Teasdale talks to PEOPLE about the band's success and three nominations at the 2026 Grammy Awards.

After turning 92 this year, country icon Willie Nelson is looking back at the songs that helped make his decades-long career. In a new interview with GQ, he revealed his two songs that always make him ...

The country legend was recently asked if any songs still bring a tear to his eye. His answer? Two of his most beloved classics. “Yeah, there are a couple,” Nelson told GQ. “‘Angel Flying Too Close to ...

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

Sixty-eight songs and 135 scores have been included on checklists sent to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Music Branch who will vote in the Best Original Song and Best ...