John Fogerty was recently awarded the Johnny Mercer Award by the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. To celebrate, we count down 15 of ...

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Every year, Double J counts down the Hottest 100 from 20 years ago. It's a chance for some of us to reminisce about simpler times, and for younger music fans to discover songs that might have slipped ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — If you ever need a reminder that time moves faster the older you are, just look at pop culture. Songs that once blasted car stereos, movies that packed movie theaters, and TV shows ...

If you’re reading this, congratulations, you made it to another new year. We’re now officially more than a quarter of the way through the century, which is pretty insane to think about because if you ...

Strange folk, lost pop, disco oddities and, um, Dido – here are the forgotten tracks that became this year’s most replayed revelations The 50 best albums of 2025 More on the best culture of 2025 I ...

TikTok has given musicians more opportunities for exposure than ever before. Though the traditional framework for the music industry hasn’t been completely broken down, content creation has shifted ...

With Mariah Carey and Wham! saturating airwaves with their holiday tunes, it’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. But if all you want for Christmas is a reprieve from stereotypical Christmas ...

The first chords of a favorite ’70s, ’80s, or ’90s song instantly evoke memories of youth, friends, or first loves. According to research published in Slate, brain imaging studies show that our ...

Some country songs come and go, as fads and styles change. But some songs sound just as good years later, including these three country songs, all released in 2005. “Guess the Lord made me hard to ...

On Friday, Oct. 17, Ella Langley released a new song called “Choosin’ Texas,” a track about Texans loyalty to their state. In the song, Langley tells a story about how she couldn’t keep her man, a ...