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'Alt.Latino' hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre do their best to keep up with new releases, but sometimes great music evades their radar. On this episode, the duo highlight some of the best songs they never got a chance to share during the year ...

World Cafe's John Morrison revisits the late record producer and composer's impact in popular music.

For some listeners, discovering our favorite music of the year proves the old adage: No risk, no reward.

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.

Our annual attempt to throw a holiday party for the ages continues with a tolerable mix of songs for the season and, as always, some very special guests.Enjoy the show? Tell a friend and leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, . ...

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.

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.

In 2024, some of the most striking music we heard managed to be haunting and comforting at the same time.

The Austin, Texas, choir has been in operation since 1879. This year, NPR joined the choir as they prepped for their annual Christmas concert.

DJ Robert Drake of WXPN walks us through the strange and wonderful world of Christmas music.