There was a time when you could recognise a Bongo Flava song within seconds.The Swahili lyrics, storytelling and melodies gave Tanzania a sound that was impossible to confuse with music from anywhere ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Surprise! Justin Bieber's back with SWAG LIVE FROM COACHELLA (Weekend 1), a 22-track live collection featuring guest spots from The Kid LAROI, Tems, Wizkid, Dijon and Mk.gee. English rock veterans ...

Nearly one year after his mental health episode went viral, Lil Nas X has found a diagnosis and is ready to get back to making music. On Wednesday, the 2x Grammy winner (real name Montero Hill) ...

Apple Music has a few new features with iOS 27, which Apple just announced today at its annual WWDC conference. Perhaps the most immediately visible change is a newly-redesigned artist page featuring ...

The story of Gregg Allman is one of the most triumphant and tragic in rock history, comprising the rise of the Allman Brothers Band he co-founded with his older brother Duane in the still-divided ...

The Denver Zoo is celebrating its most recent addition, a bongo born last week. They said the parents, Howard and Fern, welcomed the new female calf on May 3. Her birth is a step forward in preserving ...

"I think the dance floor is dead, so now we're making rock music," the pop star sings on her newest single. By Ethan Millman Music Editor The pop star released her new single “rock music” Friday, ...

Voice AI company ElevenLabs has quietly released an iOS app called ElevenMusic that can be used to create music with AI and discover AI-generated music in order to compete with platforms like Suno and ...

"SWIM" is the lead single off BTS' new album 'ARIRANG' Jack Irvin has worked at PEOPLE since 2022. He covers and edits daily music news, and he's interviewed both up-and-coming and established artists ...

In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Forty years ago, Bill Weiss, a student at Columbia ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...