Seventy-one tracks that asked big questions, found new kinship between genres and helped us see the good in Ken. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles The album may be imperiled ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with music critic Ann Powers about NPR's interactive "Best Songs of 2023" online tool. Right around this time of year, one of the things we always look forward to is getting ...

Already making her mark on the zeitgeist in 2023 with Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey had one more thing to say earlier this month with her take on John Denver’s ...

2023 was a huge year for country music. Streaming numbers for the genre’s biggest artists were through the roof. Big-name acts like Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, and Zach Bryan pulled in hundreds of ...

From party-starting Amapiano records, energetic Street jams, and Pop singles that pack international appeal to rap cuts that show new dimensions to Hip Hop domestication, 2023 brought unforgettable ...

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In 2023, it was harder than ever to capture the attention of the world with an individual song. With people often looking to the past — creating steaming and social sensations with old material — new ...

Listen to Pitchfork’s favorite songs of 2023 and you’re bound to be blown back by the full spectrum of human emotion: the dizzying high of new love (“Rush,” “Padam Padam,” “Super Shy”), the vengeful ...

Where do songs come from? For now, they come from us — from our needs, our wants, our regrets, our scorn. Next year, they might come from a box brought to near-sentience by all the songs that came ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Each December, best-of lists spring from every corner of music journalism. Naturally, each critic has ...