Music Lists

This winter, think pink (and red and green and white).

Music & Culture

Poolside Yuletide: 51 Songs To Paint Your Holidays Pink

10:00am December 18, 2018

Soundtrack your holiday spirit with a glass of rosé and our playlist featuring Bruce Springsteen's good cheer, Bright Eyes' Christmas blues, Big Freedia's twerkin' reindeer and more.

Nancy Wilson, photographed while performing during the Thelonious Monk Jazz Tribute Concert For Herbie Hancock at on Oct. 28, 2007 in Los Angeles.

Music & Culture

Remembering Nancy Wilson: The Best Of 'Jazz Profiles'

1:07pm December 15, 2018

by Tim Owens

Tim Owens, lead producer of the Jazz Profiles series, looks back on the creation of the long-running documentary series, working with Wilson and some of her favorite episodes.

Music & Culture

Interns' Choice: Our Favorite Music Of 2018

8:02am December 15, 2018

A rundown of the NPR Music interns' year-end highlights, from Camila Cabello to Juana Molina, Raquel Sofia and Hundred Waters.

Clockwise from upper left: Florence and the Machine, Janelle Monáe, Pusha-T, Father John Misty, Cardi B and John Prine

Music & Culture

Poll Results: All Songs Considered Listeners' 100 Favorite Albums Of 2018

3:49pm December 13, 2018

See which albums and EPs fellow NPR music fans loved the most this year, from Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer to Kids See Ghosts, Pusha-T, Father John Misty, Lucy Dacus and more.

SoCal vocalist Nancy Sanchez rings in the holidays with a new track this week.

Music & Culture

Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Our Favorite Latin Songs This Week

11:51am December 12, 2018

This week, our playlist features nostalgic hits by Nancy Sanchez and Bad Bunny alongside exploratory tracks by Natti Natasha and Sol Pereyra.

Clockwise from upper left: Son Lux, Camp Cope, The Low Anthem, Mabel

Music & Culture

Glaring Omissions: The Music We Missed In 2018

6:31am December 12, 2018

We all had to kill some darlings to finalize NPR Music's list of the Top 50 Albums and Top 100 Songs. Here are the ones that really should have made the cut.

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Vocalist Rosalia earned the Alt.Latino critics' top spot in 2018.

Music & Culture

Alt.Latino's Best Music of 2018

2:03pm December 10, 2018

It's been another watershed year for Latin music. Alt.Latino's Felix Contreras, Stefanie Fernández, Catalina María Johnson and Marisa Arbona-Ruiz round up the year's best.