During the early 1970s, the Recording Academy’s national trustees had a great idea to honor artists with the Grammy Hall of Fame. The original idea was to celebrate music that was released before the ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Membership (fee-based) Rohit Kapoor is the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of EXL, a global ...

And now we turn our attention to 2026 with Stereogum's annual preview of what we're excited to hear next year. This time, I've broken the list into sections to provide context around which inclusions ...

Indie Basement is a weekly column on BrooklynVegan focusing on classic indie and alternative artists, “college rock,” and new and current acts who follow a similar path. There are reviews of new ...

The Acacia Strain – You Are Safe From God Here (Rise) For me, the best death metal feels like a location, a literal spatial world made accessible through music. There’s something about Ego Dissolution ...

What were 2025's best rock albums? While we recently shared with you the 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2025 with you and named Three Days Grace's Alienation our Rock Album of the Year, we have not ...

Rolling Stone’s list of the 25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2025 is live and out in the world. Check out the full list here. Our panel members also weigh in on their favorite albums and songs ...

If we needed any more proof that the album isn't dead, 2025 was it. On this episode, Stephen Thompson is joined by Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen to run through 12 dazzling albums that stuck with ...