Ground Zero for guitarist Sharon Isbin has long been anchored in the world of western classical music. Her training was extensive and, beginning in the mid-1970s, she began winning several prestigious ...

There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...

It’s been a big year for moody guitar bangers, boundary-pushing Latin pop, dazzling pop spectacle, and uplifting Afropop. The song of the summer sweepstakes are off and running. Superstars like Usher, ...

Ever had a song get stuck in your head for a long period of time? An ‘earworm’ wiggles its way into your consciousness as a song—or more likely, a verse or two of one—with no plan of exit, leaving you ...

You can go in many directions when compiling a list of the all-time best country music songs. Which criteria do you use? Record sales, most streamed, most googled, number of weeks on the country ...

“The Idea of You” centers on the romance between an art gallery owner and the much younger member of a fictional boyband, but the songs he and his bandmates sing are very real. And they’re part of a ...

The universal language of music has united generations of lovers since the beginning of time. Falling in and out of love, grasping at unrequited love, mourning love lost and succumbing to deep love ...

Pearl Jam isn’t quite the last band standing from the glory days of grunge—their Seattle brothers Mudhoney still fight the good fight, delivering good new records every few years—but they are among an ...

When Ariana Grande first debuted back in 2013, she showed immediate promise. A theater kid with a Nickelodeon pedigree, she entered the music space fully formed on her first album, “Yours Truly,” a ...

The only thing better than falling in love is listening to love songs while you swoon. And there’s no one better to listen to in these moments than Taylor Swift, an artist who's made a career out of ...