NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with songwriter Amy Allen, who is shortlisted for the non-classical Songwriter of the Year Grammy Award for a second straight year.

By Melissa Karen Sances For the Valley Advocate The black-and-white buddy comedy “Tallywacker” opens on Aleister, its star, a ...

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...

The result is On the Moon, Men Without Hats’ latest album, whose sound is built on the band’s catchy electronic pop and ...

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo’s first talkie are among the many works from 1930 ...

Ben Folds is the rare artist to bring a satisfying and original take on Christmas music, as he did on a December tour.

This last column of the year propitiously comes out right around Christmastime, which gives me an opportunity to say happy ...

Glad you asked! On that handy little website named after a South American river, you can find both blank CDs as well as ...

His name might not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world. Today, we take a journey through the life and work of Yip Harburg, the Broadway lyricist who wrote such ...

You’d be forgiven if you can’t hum the 18th-century Cumbrian folk song “Do Ye Ken John Peel.” But in 1942, a version of that ...

This 2019 holiday film drew its inspiration directly from Wham!’s Last Christmas, weaving George Michael’s music into the ...

It’s hard not to like this song. The message is simple: Come on in, stay a while, and have a great time. Chestnuts, eggnog, ...