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 ...

With the Switch 2 upgrade to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, we’re getting a bevy of new features, quality-of-life improvements, and more. If you owned it digitally on the original Switch and want to ...

If you’ve already played out all the best albums of 2025 and you’re ready to put your music listening habits in 2026 mode, you’re in luck because this year is already musically off to a good start. We ...

The Black Crowes have released two new songs, including the first single, "Profane Prophecy" as well as a second track, "Pharmacy Chronicles." You can hear both songs below. It's the band's first new ...

The gospel music world is mourning the loss of a giant. Richard Smallwood, the Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and composer whose music reshaped modern worship, has died at the age of 77. For ...

It’s the exhilarating noise of Jersey music. The state’s music community is varied, expansive, passionate and largely based in the Asbury Park area. The year just passed was rich with new original ...

Richard Smallwood, the Grammy-nominated gospel singer whose songs have been covered by the likes of Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston, died in Maryland on Tuesday. He was 77. The “I Love the Lord” ...

Richard Smallwood, the Grammy-nominated gospel singer whose music has been covered by Destiny’s Child and Whitney Houston, has died. He was 77. A rep for Smallwood confirmed to Variety that he died of ...

A Kilgore church has scheduled a free Gospel music event on New Year’s Eve. The Celebration of Gospel will take place at the Faith Tabernacle Church, 1309 E. Texas 31. Doors open at 8 p.m., and music ...

Looking to freshen up your Christmas playlist with some newer recordings? Well, the contemporary Christian music (CCM) genre just keeps cranking out quality Christmas albums year after year. Related ...

The publication shared the list earlier this week and it features a total of 50 tracks broken up into two categories. The first category, rounded up by writer Jon Caramanica, has "Caramel" from Sleep ...

Guns N' Roses have shared two new songs, "Nothin'" and "Atlas." These are the fifth and sixth tracks the rockers have released since Slash and Duff McKagan returned to the lineup in 2016 following ...