You can talk all you want about the lead singer bellowing or the lead guitar wailing, but rock and roll wouldn’t be what it is without the rhythmic pulse and the backbeat. That thrust is what makes it ...

Country music is all about the real lives of working class people, so it's no surprise that unemployment, getting fired and getting laid off are all popular themes. The genre boats a ton of songs ...

Hozier's "Work Song" rides its synch in ABC's 9-1-1 to No. 1 on Billboard's Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), for April. Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on ...

Forrest, played, of course, by Tom Hanks, is from the great state of Alabama, so there was no way anyone could construct a soundtrack of classic rock and roll tunes and not include "Sweet Home Alabama ...

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.