In 2023, Daddy Yankee -- along with producers Play-N-Skillz -- released the World Baseball Classic anthem, "Chispa." This year, the tournament couldn't be captured in one song, but three. It's the ...

WOODZ began working on "Archive. 1" nearly three years ago, he reveals, but its foundations date further back. He describes ...

Classical concerto meets American fiddle tradition. Mark O’Connor’s Fiddle Concerto blends bluegrass, folk and classical music, with O’Connor himself as the soloist. Hear this distinctly American ...

Rejected by other artists, “I Cross My Heart” found its perfect match in George Strait and went on to become a classic.

Surf Ride gathers together three early Art Pepper sessions from 1952, 1953, and 1954; an era when he was refining his voice and helping shape the early contours of West Coast jazz. Rather than feeling ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Zydeco music, born from Black and Creole communities along the Texas-Louisiana border, is finding new life through local artists who are carrying the genre's century-old traditions ...

KBMT-TV Beaumont-Port Arthur, Posted: February 19, 2026 | Last updated: February 19, 2026 "A tree can't have branches if it don't have a trunk. It's got to have roots to grow and Clifton Chenier was ...

Two hours west of New Orleans, the town of Opelousas is one of the best places to experience this irresistibly toe-tapping music genre created by Louisiana’s Black Creole community. Zydeco, a music ...

Out on the wily, windy moors we roll with Charli XCX. Her companion album for director Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights movie is a complete departure from the hyper-drive dance-pop of her 2024 ...

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 ...