As the country music institution celebrates a century of its radio broadcast, listen to how the show defined the culture — ...

Thank goodness! It’s a year later and part two of the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical “Wicked” comes out in theaters on Friday, Nov. 21. Starring Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as ...

By the mid 2000s, one of Hank Williams' notebooks of unfinished songs was found and later recorded nearly 60 years after his death.

Other tracks include Patsy Cline’s 1962 performance of “Crazy,” Loretta Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter” from 1985, and Carrie Underwood’s 2018 rendition of her breakout hit “Jesus, Take the Wheel.” ...

Country legend Hank Williams has many enduring and influential songs to his credit, from “Hey, Good Lookin’” to “Honky Tonk Blues” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.” Now the Alabama native is earning new ...

Two different holidays collide on this week's Billboard charts as Michael Jackson sets an all-time record. NPR's Stephen Thompson has the story. STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: Before the streaming era, ...

Peter Guralnick's new book 'The Colonel and the King' focuses on Colonel Tom Parker, and he's picked out 10 songs that tell his incredible story.

Thanks to some newly implemented rules, there's a surge of fresh faces in the top 10 Billboard charts. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson has our report. STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: A few weeks ago, Billboard ...

Hosts Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson share stories and songs of gratitude from NPR listeners.Note: This is an encore ...

The performance of skilled behaviors requires a balance between consistency and adaptability. Although the neural mechanisms that regulate this balance have been extensively studied at systems and ...