The best songs make us think, challenging assumptions while searching for answers in a complex and often confusing world. Many pose these questions right in their name. But not everything is so ...

This house music, it's gonna set you free. In 2025 house music is such a globally popular and varied genre that its origins in early 1980s Chicago warehouses seem improbable. But the myth of house ...

Billboard looks at 13 Brett James-written songs that reached the pinnacle of the Hot Country Songs chart after his death this week at age 57. By Jessica Nicholson Nashville’s music community is ...

Dolly Parton has a music catalog spanning more than 60 years that has churned out chart-topping country classics and timeless hits that have grandparents and grandkids singing along. However, only one ...

At Paste Music, we’re listening to so many new tunes on any given day, we barely have any time to listen to each other. Nevertheless, every week we can swing it, we take stock of the previous seven ...

No one wants their time wasted, including by music. But the rise of TikTok-optimized tracks less than two minutes long might be going too far. The best long songs are an antidote to that—a way of ...

RaeLynn was just 17 years old when she competed on The Voice in 2012, and in the years since, she's grown up right before her fans' eyes. In many ways, she's still the tough-as-nails country girl who ...

As a person of faith, actor Kirk Cameron loves listening to worship music that glorifies God, and he recently opened up about one of his current favorite praise songs. “I have many favorite worship ...

Lorde is 28, but both her music and aura can often feel timeless. Roaring into pop culture with her debut single “Royals” in 2013, she was much more composed than any other teenager breaking into the ...

Every June, the Paste Music crew tallies up the best songs of the year so far. It’s a great way to present our favorites to you, but also to each other. This list is a snapshot of our favorite tracks ...

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Ten tracks that push boundaries, uncork emotions and can get the block party started. By Jon Pareles and Jon Caramanica Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most ...