Obviously, the five-piece lineup that appeared on GN'R's world-changing debut album Appetite for Destruction — Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan and Steven Adler — is the most iconic and ...

George Harrison wrote this song within 10 minutes while in Rikisheshk, India, using a guitar he borrowed from John Lennon.

This weekend, Steven Spielberg became just the twenty-second person to have taken home an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. Kevin E G Perry looks back at their fellow winners and how a ‘Miami Vice’ ...

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 ...

An acclaimed 1980s-’90s rock band is set to release its first new album in nearly a decade. Living Colour drummer Will Calhoun told Chile’s iRock.cl that the hard rock-funk metal group plans to ...

With fans still reeling from Phish’s 18th annual New Year’s Eve series at Madison Square Garden, the legendary jamband has offered another encore with a live album looking back on the origins of their ...

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 ...

Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025. But the most notable debut album of the year, the aptly titled “New Dawn,” came from a ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Metacritic has unveiled its annual rankings of the best albums of the year, highlighting a diverse and genre-spanning collection of critically acclaimed releases. From ...

The 1990s were a golden age for rock music. Not only was there a lot to choose from, but there were great options everywhere you looked. There were even plenty of rock albums during that era that ...

Before I share my list of favorite albums of 2025, I need to repeat my regular “year-end list” disclaimer. If you already know the drill, feel free to skip ahead. We all know this. Art isn’t a ...