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Since its re-release earlier this month, Travis Scott's album Days Before Rodeo has been bouncing up and down the charts, finally landing at No. 1.

We laugh, we cry, we celebrate the best of the year so far with everything from bugalú to boleros to Latinx punk.

The classical music magazine's award nominees are flush with independent labels.

The late Hawaiian musician known best for his ukulele-backed rendition of "Over the Rainbow" was a man with a standout voice and tremendous size. At more than 6 feet tall and weighing close to 1,000 pounds, "IZ" died when he was only 38.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to film composer Justin Hurwitz, 29, about his first major movie score, for the movie Whiplash. Hurwitz talks about using music to heighten tension.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with violinist Davyd Booth, who was part of the Philadelphia Orchestra's historic 1973 tour of China.

When writer Lindsay Zoladz first heard 'Tidal' as a teen, it validated her pain in an uncertain time. Returning to the album decades later, it reminds her of how much our past selves can teach us.

When you're young, the choice between meeting others' expectations and making your own way can feel all-consuming. Along the way, it helps to have a soundtrack that draws equally from rage and wisdom.

Santigold's debut album captures the New York dream of being a singular sensation above the masses. It inspired writer Dawnie Walton when she first moved there — and again when she needed a new start.

In the wake of criminal charges against the trumpeter and bandleader, a city laments that a visible face of recovery for his battered and beaten hometown might also have been bilking it.