This playlist has all your favorite artists that topped the charts this year, including Doechii, Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter ...

With the entirety of recorded music history at my fingertips, where do I even begin? This is a modern listener’s dilemma. When presented with infinite options, our brains can enter a state of decision ...

My book Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening is an attempt to come to terms with running as a means of hearing music better. Of course, running is good enough on its own; it doesn’t ...

Including this year’s 10 additions, I’ve recommended 112 songs since I started the Christmas Songs That are Actually Good project back in 2013. Looking at the list, there’s no real through-line. There ...

As an entertainment journalist, I’ve come to accept that there are many celebrities I wouldn’t want to be friends with. They tend to be out of touch, self-absorbed, or just painfully corny. But one of ...