The best songs we heard this year reflected a deep sense of collective need. For safety, for respect, for self-definition. For money or sex or revolution. Maybe we just hear what we crave, but on huge ...

In a year full of disasters, both natural and man-made, music seemed to be the one place where unpredictability was actually a good thing. From the flute rap to post-modern rock poetry, artists took ...

Here's a sign of the times for you: We're still a couple weeks away from cleaning up bottles on New Year's Day, and year-end list season has already been in full swing for what feels like forever. The ...

Listen to a playlist of the All Songs Considered host's favorite songs of the year. Despite the flood of new music in 2017, there were songs I came back to over and over again. I still star-rate my ...