Three bright spots in a record industry that continued to dim in 2014: digital streaming, old-fashioned vinyl and the human supernova known as Taylor Swift. Overall album sales fell 11% last year to ...

Was the music of 2014 heavier than usual, or is it just us? When the staff of NPR Music and our member station partners gather to collect our favorite albums of the year, we don't start out with a ...

Every year, when I put together this list, I see the same question arise: What is world music? (A better, and even less answerable question: What isn't world music?) So, so much stunningly beautiful ...

"I can't wait to do music hopefully forever" By Joe Lynch, Billboard Ariana Grande, in a black-lace gown, took the stage for piano-accompanied renditions of "Problem" and "Break Free," and was then ...