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Bubbly pop songs sidle up to filthy headbangers and dreamy ambient in a six-hour playlist of unexpected holiday music.

This week's entries include comforting songs for trying times, narrative guitar shredding and more. And if you're an unsigned artist who planned to perform at SXSW, the Contest wants to hear from you!

Her rendition of the patriotic song had been a staple at New York Yankees and Philadelphia Flyers games for decades. Critics say that other elements of the singer's career were clearly racist.

See what albums NPR listeners picked in our year-end poll for the best music of 2013.

Listen to a playlist of the songs NPR stations played over and over and over in 2022.

The holidays are over, both on the calendar and on the pop charts, and that's great news for an assortment of beneficiaries.

NPR Music remembers musicians — singers, songwriters, instrumentalists — and other visionaries we lost in 2016. Explore and celebrate their musical legacies.

Inspired by Toumani Diabate, the classically trained South African guitarist performs songs originally written for the kora.

Gabriel Garzón-Montano spent three years writing and recording his beautiful, dense album Jardin -- but for his Tiny Desk visit, he stripped it all down to two elements, the piano and his voice.

Among Authors' music isn't casual; there are songs within these songs, and they're not always catchy. They'll take you on a journey worth following.