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The songwriter, guitarist and singer grounded her seventh studio album in the beauty and brutality of real life.

The Grammys reward industry insiders, and Mars is no stranger to the business.

The band's performance during last year's Grammy Awards show gave the song a second life.

Watch I'm With Her, Tift Merritt, Robert Randolph and more from NPR Music's day stage at AMERICANAFEST 2025.

Public Radio Music Day is a day to celebrate publicly-funded music stations across the country.

Cameroon-born Collinet began his radio career in the 1960s, introducing American soul singers like James Brown to African audiences. Collinet became a famed broadcaster in Africa and a top expert on African Pop music. He speaks with host Michel Martin about his upbringing, worldview, and why black Americans have been slow to embrace Afropop.

David Rodigan has spent his entire life exulting in and exalting reggae. In his autobiography, published earlier this year, the soundman stays away from a topic that would seem utterly central.

During a turbulent year rife with personal and political trauma, the most memorable songs pulled no punches in the pursuit of pop.

With roots in gospel and a radical spirit of resistance, The Pointer Sisters reformulated the girl group for an era of self-actualization and Black power, scoring a massive run of hits along the way.

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.