Yazmin Lacey’s second album, Teal Dreams, builds on her well-received multi-genre debut, “Voice Notes” (2023). Featuring a ...

According to Mark Lewisohn’s The Complete Beatles Recordings Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years 1962-1970, ...

Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the ...

Everyone knows these three '00s pop songs for their choruses. Far fewer know the rest of the words. How much do you know of ...

These three songs boast some of the greatest country music lyrics ever written, according to more than a few famous songwriters.

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...

From chart-toppers Ghost and Sleep Token to rising stars Lorna Shore and Spiritbox, 2025 has been a massive year for metal ...

The absolute best songs of 2025 include "Manchild" by Sabrina Carpenter, "Metal" by The Beths, and "Chains of Love" by Charli ...

The new film "Song Sung Blue" pays homage to the catalog of Neil Diamond, and it is one worth celebrating. We rank his 10 ...

Grab yourself some Roblox music codes and an extra sprinkle of party to your gameplay with this selection of hit songs.

Here is the third part of our playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland. It marks eleventh year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

Lebanese singer-songwriter Yasmine Hamdan returns with mournful minimalism, Mohinder Kaur Bhamra’s 1982 album of Punjabi disco makes a comeback and Venezuelan-Guatemalan duo Titanic serve up ecstatic ...