He's only gone and done it again. Ray Farlow has made another album. And like his previous albums, it is packed full of ...

His latest album spans Shropshire but is heavily weighted towards the communities which make up present-day Telford. So, with ...

In June, the Academy announced that the Grammys' country album title was splitting into two categories. A new award was ...

The third lake, Mud Pond, has perhaps the least appealing name in the history of bodies of water, but don’t let that fool you – it’s a charming woodland pool surrounded by a wetland ecosystem that’s ...

The land that now comprises A.W. Marion State Park was once farmland, and hints of this agricultural heritage can still be spotted by observant visitors – old fence lines, the occasional foundation ...

Our staff's favorite albums from the year that was. Is pop now officially an albums-driven genre? The year 2025 made a strong argument for the answer being “yes.” Acclaimed sets from rising stars like ...

The music world refused to stand still in 2025. This wasn’t a year for playing it safe. Across the globe and all over the stylistic map, music kept mutating in the weirdest, wildest ways. The artists ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Piling on, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this ...

The most compelling releases of the year reimagined hip-hop tracks, deep-rooted collaborations and longstanding inspirations. By Hank Shteamer In a year that saw the deaths of two leading drummers, ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...

Male solo artists dominate, though three female solo artists and two groups have also achieved the feat. By Paul Grein Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem leads Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart (dated ...