Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Labi Siffre, the 80-year-old British folk musician, is back after spending decades out of the spotlight. He just announced his first new album in 28 years; the appropriately titled Unfinished Business ...

Jessie Ware has shared a new single from Superbloom. “Ride,” the track she premiered at a Glastonbury club in 2024, comes with a simple, sultry video, which you can watch below. The track interpolates ...

After black midi’s split, all eyes went to frontman Geordie Greep and his eclectic impulses. I won’t knock Greep’s bag—his solo debut did splashy, head-spinning things—but I’ve always been more ...

Diya Vij, the incoming commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs, said she wanted to make “open, accessible and sometimes radical cultural activities possible.” By Aruna D’Souza Diya Vij, a ...

Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue and more. Could a song on ...

The next chapter in the President saga has arrived with the new single, "Angel Wings." The track is the first offering from the masked rockers since the breakout arrival of the band on their King of ...

Lana Del Rey‘s new album that’s currently called Stove (that was first called Lasso and then called The Right Person Will Stay) and that’s allegedly her “country album” has been delayed once ...

U2's 'Days of Ash' EP features songs about the killing of Renee Good by ICE, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and more disheartening world events Jack Irvin has worked at PEOPLE since 2022. He covers and ...

T.I. has shared new music amid his back-and-forth with 50 Cent, declaring himself “the strongest for the longest” and among the “top three” in Atlanta. The track was first previewed alongside a photo ...

Bay County residents attend a candlelight vigil at Carl Grey Park in Panama City, Fla., Jan. 11, 2026, for individuals and families whose lives have been harmed by immigration enforcement, aka ICE.

Lana Del Rey isn't done with love songs. Ethereal, heartbreak pop girlies everywhere could breathe a bit easier Tuesday after Del Rey dropped the first single off her upcoming album. The song, "White ...