Some wonderful songs have been written by folks who weren't particularly motivated until given a prompt from an outside source. Such is the case of "Me and Bobby McGee," the song that inspired perhaps ...

A montage of some of the musicians who died in 2024. For a more complete list, visit NPR Music's article on musicians we lost this year.

In 2024, pillars of Nashville's country and gospel communities died, as did foundational forces essential to the city's — and ...

Brenda Lee reaches another landmark as the legend notches her first chart-topper on Billboard's Top Country Albums survey ...

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The singer-songwriter was never only a creature of music. Our critic watched every film with him that she could find to ...

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We remember those we lost in December, including producer Richard Perry, followed by our tributes from the prior months of ...