The album tells the story of a terrible year that began in the summer of 2023, when Peck nearly died of an overdose before a show.

Not many bands can pull off an eight-minute rocker at the Tiny Desk. Chicago's finest lean into its excellent guitar playing, poignant lyrics and a sturdy, Midwestern sensibility.

At a pair of surprise shows at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the beloved indie group was accompanied by an all-star crew of collaborators to preview a forthcoming triple album, Horsepower.

The artist was a star performer in country music and went on to become one of the genre's most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture.

"Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the Tiny Desk with a couple parodies, a Weezer pastiche and the Emmy-losing closing-credits blues-rock jam to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

Bridgers' third solo album is her account of a time in which she retreated from the public eye, reeling from the effects of fame, a complicated love life and the sudden death of her father.

Even as the band has changed and reinvented itself, the Grateful Dead's fanbase has proven to be uniquely and consistently renewable — a cosmic inheritance passed down from one generation to the next, welcoming younger Deadheads with open arms.

Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin.

Beginning Aug. 1, NPR Music will publish a week-long list of stories and podcast episodes exploring the legacy and future of the Grateful Dead. And we want to hear from you!

You could look at Foreign Tongues, the Rolling Stones' 25th album, as a tour of the group's musical variations. But it mixes reliable fun and remarkable energy with a generous attitude toward aging.