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The super-producer whose beats moved the boundaries of Top 40 radio is chasing a new revolution: digital superstars and the erasure of artistic process as we know it.

The Pop Culture Happy Hour host shares his favorite albums and songs of 2022.

Could one of these songs be the next "Old Town Road"?

NPR Music celebrates the alt-rock heroes, Hollywood idols, Pulitzer-winning composers, jazz luminaries, cult legends, bold activists, old masters and rising stars the world lost this year.

The British band's third full-length is proof of just how vivid and inviting psychedelic music can be in the 21st century.

For the past month, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich laid out multiple strips of paper on his desk, with names like Uncle Owen Aunt Beru, Extra Life and Erykah Badu printed on them.

Chick Corea loved to collaborate. His former bandmates are honoring his memory with two star-studded concerts.

The members of Recap, four young women of color from New Jersey, have built a mission of gender equity into their striking debut album.

The first installment of The Ring of the Nibelungen, Wagner's Das Rheingold introduces a vivid world of gods, giants and dwarves, all vying for ultimate power.

When he was just 10 years old, Shankar began performing in Europe and the US with his family's Indian dance troupe. But at age 18, Shankar gave up all the glitter to study with a guru who taught him the sitar. He became a master, and introduced the West to his country's music.