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For the people who were there when it was invented in small clubs and basement parties in Chicago in the 1980s, house music was a force of nature. Four decades later, its impact is bigger than ever.

We ranked a list of 100 songs that reflects the sprawling, energetic messiness of 2022. Start listening.

Last Friday the first performance in a new arena signaled a change in both Brooklyn and hip-hop.

From humble beginnings, The Teaches of Peaches has spent 20 years seeping into the mainstream, widening pop's window for abrasive sounds and NSFW sexual expression.

The difference between writing books and capsule reviews, web and print, and how pop is like zydeco.

If the current conflict between J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar and Drake feels confusing, it's because the artists often hailed as hip-hop's "big three" have never played by the same rules.

NPR Music presents 12 titles that range from the art of album covers to disco to Def Jam to metal to MTV. Our favorite music reads were mostly revealing biographies and wide-spanning analyses.

In the latest Superman film, Lois Lane and Clark Kent have a fight about what's more punk: edginess or kindness. The fate of something more than the mosh pit hangs in the balance.

After performing at the NPR Tiny Desk, country star Lainey Wilson sat down with NPR's Scott Detrow for a conversation about her music and career.

Uno de los géneros más escuchados en las Américas, los fotógrafos Karla Gachet e Iván Kashinsky documentan la cumbia en Colombia, México, Ecuador, Perú, Argentina y Estados Unidos.