Our favorite albums of the year include a new release from Chance the Rapper and the final album engineered by Steve Albini.

The majestic multi-instrumentalist changed the course of soul music and did it with Blackness as the focal point of his ...

Duane was the driving force behind the sound of the Allmans and is widely regarded as one of the best guitarists to ever pick ...

Steve Cropper, who has died aged 84, was a musician, songwriter and producer, and a crucial figure in the development of the ...

Tomorrow Never Knows started a new, sophisticated era for The Beatles, paving the way for the psychedelic Sgt. Pepper's ...

CHARLOTTE Church has confessed she ‘stinks’ after shunning deodorant and even admitted she no longer shaves. The frank ...

The ultimate band of the people - 4/5 The Charlatans deliver a rabble-rousing show at the Roundhouse to top off a killer year ...

As a long and eventful 2025 draws to a close, NME remembers the influential and beloved musicians who left us this year ...

A great album by Kenny Dorham was recorded live at the Blue Morocco jazz club in the Bronx in 1967 featuring the trumpet ...

The top K-pop singles of 2025 with music from BLACKPINK, Stray Kids, BTS' j-hope, JENNIE, ATEEZ, NMIXX, LE SSERAFIM, aespa, ...

Once again, here are my personal picks for the year’s best in abattoir jazz, diaristic field recordings, audio Rothkos, ambient epics, electroacoustic cinema, marathon improv, and backroom electronica ...

After splitting The Jam at their peak, Paul Weller reinvented himself with The Style Council, embracing soul, jazz, and pop on 'Café Bleu.' ...