As DEI battles and funding shifts roil campuses, music programs from UCLA to Juilliard continue to grow. THR ranks the 20 schools shaping the next generation of composers. By Jeff Bond Conservatories ...

On Wednesday, one of the all-time greatest and most entertaining music documentaries will be made available in remastered and expanded form on Disney Plus. The Beatles Anthology originally aired on ...

“The Uncool” Cameron Crowe — For much of the world, he had ’em in his hand with “Jerry Maguire,” or even earlier with his “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” script or “…Say Anything.” But for some of us, ...

Each year at NPR Music, we curate two flagship lists: The Best Albums of the Year and The Best Songs of the Year. But there's a lot more recommendations and criticism where those came from. You'll ...

Tell-alls, streaming service deep-dives, personal essays, and artist mythologies defined 2025’s printed year in music. Paste has picked its 10 favorite music books from the last 12 months, but I’d ...

As a challenge in personal reflection and critical thinking, I always at least try to look for some kind of connective tissue in these picks. Anything that might explain, beyond mere taste, why these ...

MOST MUSICIANS, when they decide to do a concert residency, head to Las Vegas. In recent years megastars including Adele, Celine Dion and U2 have made tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars ...