A new global study led by the University of Jyväskylä reveals that our most emotionally resonant music tends to come from our ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

How come some songs make us want to sing along and dance, while others just don't grab our attention? Catchy songs have been around as long as there's been music, but what makes a song stick in our ...

See which Missy Elliot hit took the top spot. As the quarter-mark of the 21st century rapidly approaches, Rolling Stone is taking a look back at the last 25 years of music. On Wednesday, the outlet ...

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For better or worse, “The Life of a Showgirl,” Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, is unlike anything the megastar ...

Less than 24 hours after releasing the two versions of her new album, all songs from The Life of a Showgirl are now topping Apple Music’s Top Songs chart in the US. Following a relatively short period ...

Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Jay-Z rely on these dealmakers to protect their rights, riches and reputations. By Claudia Rosenbaum Like many industries, the music landscape is changing faster than ever ...

To anyone at all familiar with The Format’s catalog, it’s only so surprising that the indie-pop duo’s first full-band performance in nearly two decades sold out a venue as massive as Veterans Memorial ...

During the Pacific War, the Japanese military constructed the Thai-Burma Railway connecting Thailand and Burma, now Myanmar.

Some people expect great art to come to some grand conclusion on life, death, and the meaning of it all. All that stuff is cool, but hey—at the end of the day, we’re all just trying to get laid, too.

Big Thief has a new album, as does Zach Top, a young country singer with roots in old country. And the Icelandic-Chinese singer Laufey brings a classical-music and jazz influence to her pop songs.