From a song by a certified superstar that came out in the very first week of January to breakthroughs from lesser-known indie acts, here are selections from NPR Music's list of the best songs of 2025.

Dylan called Mike Bloomfield “the best guitar player I ever heard.” But his intensity and brilliance obscured a deep-seated ...

Songs about love, sex, tax and demon hunters ranked among the best music of 2025, according to a "poll of polls" conducted by ...

In need of some acoustic grunge songs to be in your feelings to? These four tracks will do the job. Make sure to grab some tissues.

From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...

January will ring in a new year programming to SFJAZZ, featuring an ambitious slate of concerts that celebrate the full ...

Since then, Lukas Nelson has carved an award-winning career separate from his dad, including a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for his work on the A Star Is Born ...

Baltimore-based band Pinkshift follows a long lineage of punk musicians using their music to condemn injustice and spur activism. Here & Now’s Grace Griffin caught up with the band about their latest ...

Behold the 25 Best Latin Songs of 2025! From Bad Bunny to Karol G, dive into the hits and hidden gems that shaped Latin music this year.

Antidepressants IT was the year when those noisy Mancunian brothers brought the Britpop Nineties back to packed stadiums ...

The Oakland-based experimental artist Chrystia Cabral, a.k.a. SPELLLING, resists genre categorization in a way that allows ...

Brighton Music Hall show will be last Crooked Coast show for singer/guitarist John McNamara.