If summer is endless, as the surfers and romantics say, then summer's soundtrack only stretches on through time. No doubt, 20 summers ago, music journalists were trying to identify the season's ...

Our staff's favorite songs from a year that confirmed that hip-hop and R&B were now at top 40's center, but also had plenty of great rock, country and dance-pop to go around. This week, Billboard is ...

I was positively, wholeheartedly obsessed with everything on this list at some point in the year, either for months or just for a few hours. I’ve put the entries in alphabetical order, because ...

In the ’00s, burnt CDs were the love letters of the day. Why come up with some heartfelt speech when countless musicians have already said exactly how you feel better than most of us ever could? There ...

Oscar-winning singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler is back with Eco. "It's unusual for me to be so affected by such an easygoing album," music critic Sarah Bardeen says. "But there's something about ...

The year is 2005, and new gadgets are being introduced constantly. iPod Nano made its debut, and what could be considered the first video social media, YouTube, launched as well. This new platform ...

Today we celebrate 15 years of All Songs Considered podcasting by presenting the first show we ever made available for podcast. In August 2005, All Songs Considered had been around for more than five ...