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The mastermind behind metal's most cartoonishly grotesque band brought a sense of levity to the genre when it was in danger of being overwhelmed by negativity and self-importance.

A 21-year-old YouTube star makes the leap from homemade music videos to an album stuffed with surprises and infectious exuberance.

The singer-songwriter's sparse ballad pushes country music's fascination with cowboys into a more adult direction.

In this Nashville songwriter's hands, an examination of the wounds wrought by relationships is an occasion for exacting honesty.

It took nearly eight years to make, but Circulatory System's breathtaking new album, Signal Morning, justifies the wait. The 17 new tracks, culled from hours of recorded material and meticulously pieced together in more than half a dozen different studios, are sonic wonders. Signal Morning assembles a mysterious and mesmerizing world of orchestrated chaos that offers new discoveries with each listen.

Like the Velvet Underground before them, Kilgour and The Clean inspired tons of musicians to embrace impulsive creativity.

Marcus J. Moore reflects on the studio debut of pianist Julius Rodriguez, an artist seamlessly commingling jazz with more pop forms.

The velvet-voiced soprano with a career on the rise chooses her projects, and the music on her debut solo album, with consummate intention.

Bobby Caldwell's smooth soul jam "What You Won't Do for Love" went to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became a long-term standard and career-defining hit for Caldwell, who also wrote the song.

Move over, Mariah Carey: Brenda Lee's reliable holiday hit, first released during the Eisenhower administration, is the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 — for the first time ever.