Our staff's favorite songs from the past year of hits and deeper cuts. On the charts, 2025 was a year that often felt like flipping TV channels to find a new episode to watch and coming across nothing ...

Some years, a handful of songs dominate our playlists, festival stages and social media trends. In others, the playing field feels a lot more level, greatness more evenly distributed. The last 12 ...

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The World Bank's Papua New Guinea (PNG) Economic Update offers a comprehensive evaluation of the country's economy, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for sustainable growth, macro-fiscal ...

There are plenty of songs about sports out there. Many are worth celebrating, and we're not talking about songs that have become associated with teams or sports-venue regulars, such as "We Will Rock ...

Miranda Forsyth receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Sinclair Dinnen receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Papua New Guinea has had a difficult year, beginning with ...

Just before the weekend hit, Drake surprise-released three songs including “Circadian Rhythm,” “SOD” and “No Face” featuring Playboi Carti via his Instagram burner account @plottttwistttttt. Fans may ...

There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...

It’s been a big year for moody guitar bangers, boundary-pushing Latin pop, dazzling pop spectacle, and uplifting Afropop. The song of the summer sweepstakes are off and running. Superstars like Usher, ...

You can go in many directions when compiling a list of the all-time best country music songs. Which criteria do you use? Record sales, most streamed, most googled, number of weeks on the country ...

The universal language of music has united generations of lovers since the beginning of time. Falling in and out of love, grasping at unrequited love, mourning love lost and succumbing to deep love ...

Pearl Jam isn’t quite the last band standing from the glory days of grunge—their Seattle brothers Mudhoney still fight the good fight, delivering good new records every few years—but they are among an ...