The Most Soothing & Punishing Albums Of 2019
The intensity of these albums varies wildly, but the excellence of their execution and the consolation they offer do not.
Music Features
25 Songs We Bumped While Waiting For Rihanna's Album
The reggae-influenced R9 could drop any day now. Prepare yourself with some of the best Afro-Caribbean jams of the year.
5 TikTok Songs From 2019 We'll Actually Remember
Could one of these songs be the next "Old Town Road"?
The Music Of 2019 That Wasn't Actually Released In 2019
A surprising number of 2019's biggest hits, memes and musical breakthroughs have something in common: You could hear them before this year started.
Best Music Of 2019: Editor's Note
You can't boil down an entire year of listening to one computer-generated playlist. So we made you 23.
Billie Eilish Is The Class Of 2019's Weird Achiever
Emerging as a major pop star in 2019, Eilish is emblematic of her moment: a rebel who is also a popular kid, a loud cultural presence emanating from a carefully maintained private place.
Meet Alan Tripp, America's Newest 102-Year-Old Recording Artist
Alan Tripp always wanted to make an album. It only took 102 years to make it happen. Tripp speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about his debut album Senior Song Book.
Music For Our Emergency
No, songs addressing climate change aren't new. But the new music that does seems animated less by a sunny streak of mainstream activism, and more by a certain feeling we all seem to be sharing.
The Go-Betweens' Perfect Pop Cracked Open
The Go-Betweens made music that hit people's pop-pleasure receptors in an almost sneaky, definitely brainy sort of way. The band's second anthology hints at what might have been.
NPR Listeners Share The Music They're Thankful For In 2019
Following All Things Considered's annual Thanksgiving musical chain of gratitude, we asked listeners what's some of the music they're grateful for this year. Here's what they said.