Debating the merits of today’s popular music versus the hits of the past is largely a matter of taste. But regardless of your ...

Good pop music is addictive. So when the young group (seriously young folks, who might be playin’ at the club but they sure ain’t drinkin’ there) Manchester Orchestra decided to dedicate its ...

Pearl Jam will always be associated with the golden age of grunge. In fact, Eddie Vedder was determined to pull the band away from massive stardom by introducing weird elements that would likely not ...

As 2025 rolls in, it's time to look back and celebrate some of the nostalgic pop songs you may have forgotten about that turn 25 this year. (Yes, we feel old.) These tracks defined the sound of 2000 — ...

To musical bluebloods, or blue-ears, or whatever you might call them, pop music has always been seen as an opiate for the masses. Listeners with taste never go for the most popular. They are more ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yahoo News entertainment reporter, Kelsey Weekman, about a spate of new pop songs that draw on worship traditions in megachurches. ALEX WARREN: (Singing) They say the ...

The year is 2008, and the Great Recession has settled in. With the bursting of the housing bubble, the collapse of major investment banks like Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns, as well as the rise in ...

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

Jessica Simpson admitted that she never felt “good enough” as a pop star because she was so tough on herself in her “younger” ...

There are a lot of popular songs out there with hidden dark, political, or simply interesting meanings beyond the surface. Songs that deal with drug abuse, unsolicited advice, or make a subtle ...