Nearly 50 years after its release, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours isn't just the best selling classic rock album of 2025, it's the 25th-best selling record of the year overall. Of course, the very top of the ...

This year in country music was all about artists discovering ways to innovate old forms and traditions. In some cases, like Eric Church’s Evangeline vs. the Machine and Carter Faith’s stunning debut ...

Even if you don't love Champagne, you might enjoy an alternative (more affordable) sparkling wine. We spoke to a sommelier who said many people actually prefer prosecco's citrusy, fresh flavor. The ...

One band absolutely dominated the hardcore conversation this year, and they did it by working way, way harder than anyone else. Affable Boston bruisers Haywire spent 2025 playing sweaty, cathartic, ...

The great paradox of our time is that technology has made unprecedented global connections the norm, yet many people have shut their minds, driven by fear or misinformation into their own insular ...

Three rock albums made Billboard's list of the 50 Best Albums of 2025 and one of them actually cracked the Top 10. This particular list consisted of staff picks and there are 30 writers credited on ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

From Mavis Staples to the Kronos Quartet—these are our music critic’s favorite works from this year. The Lebanese Civil War. Corporate agri-capitalism. Tips for surviving a nasty divorce. Violence, ...

I didn't think too hard about dedicating the second-ever edition of this column to Ragne Wahlquist. The late Heavy Load frontman left an indelible mark on heavy metal, in his native Sweden and beyond, ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

Triumph has revealed plans for a reunion tour in 2026 starting April 22 in Canada. April Wine will also be part of the upcoming trek. The Rock & Roll Machine Reloaded 2026 tour celebrates the Canadian ...

Varner did an EP with six tracks last year with Emmet Cohen’s Trio – with Yasushi Nakamura, bass, and Ulysses Owens Jr., drums – in the wake of her triumph at the 2023 Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal ...