Stephen Thompson's favorite albums and songs of 2024
So many of 2024's big music stories were about freshly minted stars reaping the benefits of the long game.
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Anamaria Sayre's favorite albums of 2024
There's no neat, bow-tied trend to explain this year in Latin music because maybe, more than ever before, Latin music was allowed to be just music.
The season of Christmas songs is here. Will the classics make room for anything new?
'Tis the season for a handful of familiar Christmas songs to monopolize the top spots on the Billboard pop chart. But a few newer songs are making a play to join the annual holiday jukebox.
Felix Contreras' favorite albums and songs of 2024
The Alt.Latino co-host found inspiration in the deeply sincere drive to test the outer and inner limits of creativity.
Yo Gabba GabbaLand!: Tiny Desk Concert
Grab the little ones and your inner child: A colorful crew transforms the Tiny Desk into Yo Gabba GabbaLand!
Lars Gotrich's favorite albums and songs of 2024
For some listeners, discovering our favorite music of the year proves the old adage: No risk, no reward.
Billie Eilish thought she'd always have a soft voice. Singing lessons changed that
The Grammy Award-winning singer says working with a vocal coach "honestly changed my life." Eilish and her brother/collaborator Finneas talk about their new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft.
Songs That Move You: 'Amigo' by Roberto Carlos
Alt.Latino brings us a new installment to their series "Songs That Move You." This week, we hear about dreams derailed when a young man must grow up fast.
Women hit-makers brought aggression and vulnerability to pop music in 2024
The year in pop pivoted around a trio of artists — Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan — whose music hinged upon assertions of creative ambition and admissions of romantic weakness.
Tom Huizenga's favorite albums, songs and concerts of 2024
NPR Music's classical expert is an omnivorous listener, who treated the music of 2024 as sustenance for a year of zigzagging emotional highs and lows.