The Black CNN Is Still Reporting Live

Hanif Abdurraqib

Dec 23, 2018 8:00 AM

Ariana Grande and Kacey Musgraves Cut Through a Male-Dominated Year

Lindsay Zoladz

Dec 22, 2018 10:30 AM

Let’s Hear It for the Many Outsiders Who Made Great Music in 2018

Ann Powers

Dec 22, 2018 8:00 AM

In Music, 2018 Was the Year Everything Had Already Changed

Carl Wilson

Dec 22, 2018 5:55 AM

The Best Albums of 2018

Carl Wilson

Dec 12, 2018 5:55 AM

The Best Jazz Albums of 2018

Fred Kaplan

Dec 10, 2018 8:00 AM

Does Travis Scott Deserve His First No. 1, or Is He Just a Master of Chart Gimmicks?

Chris Molanphy

Dec 06, 2018 4:47 PM

The Most Important Album of 1968 Wasn’t The White Album. It Was Beggars Banquet.

Jack Hamilton

Dec 06, 2018 2:19 PM

Why Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” Is Her First No. 1 Song

Chris Molanphy

Nov 15, 2018 4:40 PM

Beastie Boys Book Re-creates the Pleasures of the Group’s Best Albums

Jack Hamilton

Nov 07, 2018 7:12 PM

Two New Releases Reclaim the “Supergroup” for Women

Carl Wilson

Nov 02, 2018 3:10 PM

Robyn’s Honey May Not Have the Sugar-Rush Highs We Want, but It Has the Healing Powers We Need

Carl Wilson

Oct 29, 2018 3:06 PM

Which of Today’s Hits Will Be Tomorrow’s Classics? Introducing the New American Songbook.

Oct 18, 2018 5:49 AM

The New American Songbook: The Ballots

Oct 18, 2018 5:48 AM

The History of the Cover Song, and Why It May Be Making a Comeback

Carl Wilson

Oct 18, 2018 5:47 AM

Why a Song About Unremembered Rap Arcana May Become Hip-Hop’s Most Remembered Song

Jack Hamilton

Oct 18, 2018 5:46 AM

How Much of the New American Songbook Will Be Sung in Spanish?

Isabelia Herrera

Oct 18, 2018 5:45 AM

Elvis Costello’s New Album Is His Best This Century

Carl Wilson

Oct 15, 2018 7:14 PM

Leonard Cohen’s Viral Kanye West Poem Isn’t an Insult. It’s a Tribute.

Carl Wilson

Oct 12, 2018 10:17 AM

A Star Is Born Throws Gaga’s Pop Under the Bus, but on the Album, She Gets the Last Laugh

Carl Wilson

Oct 09, 2018 3:53 PM