Christmas has always made me nostalgic, but I have come to realize, with something of a jolt— perhaps because I just turned ...
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone reading this has their holiday preparation in line and is gearing up for a lovely, ...
The first solo album in three years from the New York rapper (and his first release since his twin 2023 stunners, the Kenny Segal collab Maps, which landed on our 2023 year-end list, and Armand Hammer ...
Memphis filmmaker Craig Brewer's new movie, "Song Sung Blue," opens in theaters across the U.S. and Canada on Christmas Day.
Billie Eilish has unveiled the first trailer for her ambitious new concert film, created in collaboration with legendary ...
Carsie Blanton’s Little Flame is a song for the age, a song for 2025 and on. She wrote it in January 2024 after having toured ...
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The Best Music of 2025

In fact, the songs that were huge in 2024 were still sucking up all the atmosphere. Those that did muscle through tended to be in the vein of Alex Warren’s “ Ordinary ,” a title that describes the ...
Billy Hart doesn't like the term jazz. Throughout his recently published autobiography, Oceans Of Time, he uses the phrase "America's classical music." And, I mean, if anybody's earned the right to ...
For those of you unfamiliar, Cold Spring Harbor is Joel’s 1971 debut solo album, and it features early tracks such as “Tomorrow Is Today”, “She’s Got A Way”, “Everybody Loves You Now”, and “Turn ...
Billy Joel earned a reputation as one of the finest singles acts of his era. But you could also count on Billy Joel to give you albums that stood out as outstanding listens from start to finish. We ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Billy Joel’s 2025 hasn’t gone exactly as planned. The piano man was ...
Billy Idol had a pretty clear impetus for making his first new full-length album in 11 years with this year’s “Dream Into It.” “We hadn’t done one since ‘Kings & Queens of the Underground’ (in 2014),” ...