Listen to a playlist of the year's best songs as selected by The Times' August Brown, Cerys Davies and Mikael Wood.

From heartfelt tributes to tradition to orchestral reminders to embrace the present, here's what we loved this year ...

The pianist, composer and arranger spent more than six decades turning El Gran Combo into one of the premier salsa ...

This 1973 record from Ray Barretto was a natural response to more or less being abandoned by his once tight-knit jazz players. Barretto transitioned from jazz to salsa and managed to put together a ...

For the past week, the number one song in the world has been a plena. On January 11, the title track of Bad Bunny’s newest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, took over the number one spot on Apple Music. It ...

TAMPA BAY, Fla (BLOOM) – Get ready to feel the rhythm, Florida! In 2025, the Sunshine State is set to host a series of ...

Like any artist about to launch his music to the world, Bad Bunny was nervous on the eve of the release of his new album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, on January 5. But the Puerto Rican superstar had ...

For the past week, the number one song in the world has been a plena. On January 11, the title track of Bad Bunny's newest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, took over the number one spot on Apple Music. It ...