As both a music critic and a seasonal fanatic who writes my own Christmas-themed newsletter, here are a half dozen essentials.

These singer-songwriter songs from 1971 inspired millions, and many singer-songwriters today remain influenced by these tracks.

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

Featuring a videogame commercial song, a Janet Jackson interpolation, one beloved indie-rock guy covering another, and a ...

And, if you want to avoid Christmas altogether, there’s the usual round-up – Babyshambles, Tom Hingley, a new supergroup ...

Puth recorded the 2015 tune with Meghan Trainor, and it became a hit JC Olivera/Variety via Getty Charlie Puth's first big hit almost wasn’t sung by Charlie Puth. The singer-songwriter revealed in a ...

Northeast Ohio ushers in Christmas season with bevy of live performances including classic favorites, concerts, holiday ...

Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2025. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Dom Gourlay, Matt the Raven, Nick Roseblade, Issa Nasatir, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide what should ...

It was 1984. It might have been a period of triumph for the vocalist known as the King of Sensual Soul. The year before, he had finally won two Grammy Awards after decades of nominations. At the NBA ...

The Toronto-based artist Beverly Glenn-Copeland was making emotive electronic music way back in the ’80s, and he has experienced a major revival in recent years. Two years ago, Glenn-Copeland released ...

Beverly Glenn-Copeland has released new covers of two songs from Marvin Gaye’s iconic What’s Going On. Below, watch the music videos for Glenn-Copeland’s takes on “What’s Going On” and “Save the ...