Young women blurring genres, global artists pushing boundaries and a rapper playing with a meme made the most exciting tracks of the year. By Jon Pareles and Jon Caramanica JON PARELES Going way, way ...

The artists behind the year’s best songs were teenage pop superstars who came out of nowhere (Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X), established names looking at life and music from the cusp of their thirties ...

JAY-Z has joined in on the end-of-year mania of rankings and lists and whatnot by sharing a TIDAL playlist of his favorite songs circa 2019. Included in JAY's annual rundown are tracks from DaBaby, ...

As an upsetting decade came to an unfortunate end, music seemed to reckon with apocalypse. 2019 saw forests decimated, transnational economic systems eroded, and right-wing populist governments ...

Here at World Cafe, where music discovery is buried deep in our musical DNA, we play a lot of new music. As we look at the current musical landscape — through streaming services and public radio ...