A Waxahatchee side project. Guided By Voices. keiyaA. Marfa Public Radio's Julie Bee joins NPR Music's Stephen Thompson to ...

The Mountain Goats, Rosalía, Mavis Staples, and several more will all release new work during the first weekend of November.

Compact discs, or CDs, were revolutionary when they first emerged as a new medium for listening to music in the 1980s. Part of their success is alluded to in the name itself: the slim, compact size of ...

The latest record releases have us feeling pretty dreamy as we latch onto new albums from Hannah Jadagu, Just Mustard and ...

A brief look at the best five debut music albums by artists who rose to astronomical success in the long run in their careers ...

Music writer Geoffrey Himes explores a Texas legend's life through his music in "Willie Nelson: All the Albums." ...

Vinyl albums outsold CDs last year for the first time since 1987, according to the Recording Industry Association of America's year-end report released Thursday. It marked the 16th consecutive year of ...

Most of us store our favorite music on a digital playlist, but March marks an anniversary for those of us who remember when music came on something physical. Forty years ago, in March 1983, Billy Joel ...

Vinyl is booming, streaming services are more popular than ever, and we’re all depressed. This means one thing and one thing only: it’s time to reassess CDs. Yes, friends, you read that correctly. The ...

CDs aren’t exactly cutting-edge in 2025. Since the peak years around the turn of the millennium, sales have plummeted because streaming services like Spotify have taken over. But there are still times ...