The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

Before he was the guy leading stadiums full of fans through the chorus of "Sweet Caroline," Neil Diamond was a kid in Brooklyn writing song lyrics while bored in class. Diamond's expansive songwriting ...

Theater owners are preparing for a very merry Christmas season. This holiday might not be one for the record books, but the lineup of films offers something important — a range of genres and styles — ...

When I listen to a song, I listen for the lyrics. The words put images in my head, if they're good, like a Springsteen line. (Singing) The screen door slams. Mary's dress waves. Or they convey an ...

Left: Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman in director Craig Brewer's "Song Sung Blue." (Courtesy Sarah Shatz/Focus Features) Right: Timothée Chalamet in director Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme." (Courtesy A24) ...

From a song by a certified superstar that came out in the very first week of January to breakthroughs from lesser-known indie acts, here are selections from NPR Music's list of the best songs of 2025.

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

Linkin Park's "Somewhere I Belong" reaches the top 10 on a Billboard chart for the first time, more than 20 years after its release as it becomes a streaming smash. 401611 182: Linkin Park pose ...

12/24 UPDATE: We've reached the finals! David Bowie and Bing Crosby beat out Elvis Presley and John Lennon made easy work of the Eagles. Now they square off against each other. You have until 11:59AM ...

A young Georgia Bulldogs fan went viral for refusing to sing "Rocky Top" at a school concert. The fifth-grader, Nolan McGill, booed after the performance of the Tennessee Volunteers' fight song.

Mariah Carey has two No. 1 hits this week. The Songbird Supreme made history on Monday when "All I Want for Christmas Is You" remained the top song on Billboard Hot 100 for 20 weeks straight, ...

Nolan McGill is a proud Georgia fan. Courtesy of the McGill family. Nolan McGill is only 11 but he understands when the time is right to take a stand. So the fifth-grader at Rivermont Elementary in ...