Revisit three 1979 country songs that accidentally paved the way for the genre in the '80s. Do you still listen to these throwbacks?

After Joplin’s untimely death, her recorded version of “Me and Bobby McGee” was released and reached the top of the U.S.

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with Christmas upon us again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There's nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions ...

Shazam today announced it is rolling out a new Popular Segments feature that reveals exactly which part of a song is most popular with listeners. For example, the image above shows that the given song ...

Over the past 50 years, the lyrics of popular songs in the U.S. have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports. The ...

Tiffany is getting the Kate Bush treatment. The ’80s pop star has seen a resurgence in popularity after her hit 1987 song, “I Think We’re Alone Now,” was featured in “Stranger Things” Season 5, Volume ...

It’s the time of year when we all get to see and share our music listening habits. And today alongside the launch of Apple Music Replay 2025, Apple has revealed the most played songs across the whole ...

These love songs — Neko Case's "Oh, Neglect...," Valerie June's "Runnin' and Searchin'" and Olivia Dean's "Man I Need" — each express a refreshingly realistic ambivalence toward romance. This is FRESH ...

Father Maximilian Mary Dean spends his days as a hermit in the hills of southern Pennsylvania celebrating Mass, praying the Liturgy of the Hours, reciting the Rosary — and recording rock music. “My ...

“Chinese Democracy” finally arrived in 2008. Guns N’ Roses burned through ten guitarists and $13m recording the album, and 15 years had passed since the American band’s previous studio offering. By ...

Breathe in, breathe out, Hilary Duff stans because this is “what dreams are made of.” The millennial role model that is Hilary Duff has returned to music with her new single “Mature.” It’s Duff’s ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade's end, ...