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Mountain ballads have been a part of American mountain culture since the earliest English and Scottish settlers moved there more than 200 years ago. They were passed down through the oral tradition, as they were in reporter Laurin Penland's family --but that tradition is close to extinct in the U.S.

NPR's Scott Detrow chats with the directors of All Things Considered about the music they listened to the most this year and why.

On his new album, Éxodo, regional Mexican hitmaker Peso Pluma gives listeners a sampler of his burgeoning potential as a multi-genre star.

Osbourne has come to be known for his "uniform" of about three decades — a long black coat, round sunglasses, a crucifix around his neck. But his style had many iterations before then.

The Atlanta hip-hop star Rich Homie Quan rose to fame nationally in 2013 with his first hit single "Type of Way" and had a short but intense burst of success. He died Thursday.

Singer Kathy Mattea remembers Nanci Griffith with NPR's Scott Simon. Griffith, a beloved singer-songwriter, died Aug. 13 at age 68.

This week we're looking back at the year in music with a peek at NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums of 2013. It's the annual list assembled by our in-house experts, including NPR music writer and editor Stephen Thompson. He tells Audie Cornish about his picks in the world of indie pop.

Stone, a Grammy-nominated R&B singer who rose to fame in the late 1970s, was known for hits like "No More Rain" and "Wish I Didn't Miss You." She was killed in a road collision in Alabama on Saturday.

Famous for his collaborations with Miles Davis, Evans brought orchestral colors and textures to jazz, and was a pioneer of the "cool" sound.

Celebrated gospel and soul singer Cissy Houston, who belonged to an extraordinary family of musicians, has died at age 91. She was the mother of pop superstar Whitney Houston.