The 1985 Bears were already famous in Chicago. But "The Super Bowl Shuffle," recorded 40 years ago, helped take them ...

Harper Leary discusses being an only child, and why she wishes people realized the value of growing up without siblings.

In November 2024, Kendrick Lamar's sixth album, "GNX," arrived as big records often do these days - with little warning, other than a teaser video that dropped less than an hour before the surprise ...

Join Matt and Mollie as the station’s DJs pick their favourite songs of the year from 13:00 GMT.

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found ...

Some of the generation’s most iconic creators reflect on how the cohort once synonymous with slacking came to leave such an ...

Raekwon and Mobb Deep's Havoc celebrate 30 years of hip-hop with a nostalgic tour, performing iconic albums and paying ...

A Boston kid became a Hollywood actor and an underground rap legend, then watched it all disappear. Now he’s returned to the ...

At the end of the 20th century, hip-hop was booming, but the mood was dour. Two of the greatest rappers of all time—2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.—had recently been violently killed. Artists were ...

The music business has never been larger or more complex — and accordingly, the issues facing the industry and its many creators are more numerous, and complicated, than ever. As musicians face myriad ...

I went to 38 shows in 2025, and only reviewed some of them for KQED. (After 30 years of writing about music, it’s a form of ...

Duke students often don cultural and professional costumes just to take them off at their earliest convenience. It’s a ...