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 ...

Spotify is rolling out a new “About the Song” feature that lets users explore the stories behind the music they’re listening to, the company announced on Friday. The feature displays short story cards ...

With the arrival of another full moon, Peter Gabriel has shared his new song “Put the Bucket Down,” the second single off the singer’s upcoming LP o/i. “As a side project, I am working on a show with ...

Two new Drake song snippets leak shortly before J. Cole's The Fall-Off album came out last night. On Thursday night (Feb. 5), DJ Akademiks went on livestream and slickly dropped multiple unreleased ...

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 ...

“I was kind of musing about, is my next boss going to be an AI chatbot?” Kim Gordon is speaking to the subject of the second single from her upcoming solo album PLAY ME. “We’re the first ones whose ...

Bill Orcutt has announced Music in Continuous Motion, the latest in his series of albums for four guitars. You can listen to the first two hypnotic tracks now. Music in Continuous Motion by Bill ...

"It's one of those things, once it takes off, it'll take off pretty fast." On Thursday (Jan. 29), Slash joined Loudwire Nights to dive into Guns N' Roses' two new songs, "Atlas" and Nothin'," and ...

Just days after the killing of Alex Pretti at the hands of United States Customs and Border Protection agents in Minneapolis, Bruce Springsteen has responded with a fiery, Phil Ochs-style protest song ...

Legendary British protest singer Billy Bragg has penned a new song about the people in Minneapolis protesting the influx of ICE agents. “City of Heroes” was inspired by the murders of Alex Pretti and ...

Ejae and Sombr chased the Grammys with new releases, and Peter Gabriel began unfurling his next album. By Jon Pareles Post-Grammy strategies are clicking into place, as winners and performers from the ...

The song makes references to the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, both of whom were shot by ICE agents Bruce Springsteen released "Streets of Minneapolis," a song about the Minnesota city's ...