Before playing Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore in “Apocalypse Now,” actor Robert Duvall, a U.S. Army veteran, persuaded a Vietnam War ...

Bill Kilgore in “Apocalypse Now,” actor Robert Duvall, a U.S. Army veteran, persuaded a Vietnam War helicopter pilot to ...

Some songs have been lightning rods for controversy, but sometimes those songs have gotten fans into hot water for the wrong reasons.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl becomes her second album to ...

The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis intersect punk and jazz on their second collaborative effort as a quartet, "Deface the Currency." On the surface, punk and jazz music seemed to be worlds apart.

Originally from Washington, W.Va., Dave Mistich joined NPR part-time as an associate producer for the Newcast unit in September 2019 — after nearly a decade of filing stories for the network as a ...

Paste is the place to kick off each and every New Music Friday. We follow our regular roundups of the best new songs by highlighting the most compelling new records you need to hear. Find the best new ...

Each month, the writers and editors of Consequence highlight the best new music from the past four weeks for our Staff Picks column. See what we thought were the best albums of February 2026 below.

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming ...

Last Friday, actress, philanthropist and singer-songwriter Hilary Duff released her sixth studio album, “luck… or something,” which is almost as haphazard as its title. Despite a few standout songs, ...

The U.S.-led Board of Peace has a new partner as the country prepares to be thrust into the international soccer spotlight. FIFA signed a partnership agreement with the board Feb. 19 to "actively ...

Brandi Carlile says the Highwomen will finally gather to record a new album. The supergroup of Carlile, Maren Morris, Natalie Hemby, and Amanda Shires released their critically acclaimed self-titled ...