We recently received news out of Japan that the inventor of the karaoke machine died. Shigeichi Negishi was 100 years old. He prototyped and released the world's first commercially available karaoke ...

Back Tracks is a weekly music column that studies the past, revisiting tunes that may be old but still resonate today. As a music writer, I find it difficult to promote karaoke, a mostly drunken take ...

You're out with friends at karaoke. Your turn is next. But dang, you still don't know what song to sing, and you're not a great singer. What's more, someone just nailed "You Oughta Know" by Alanis ...

12 upbeat karaoke songs for females – doesn’t it just scream fun? Karaokes are always funny and entertaining. A bunch of people singing at the top of their voices, or at least trying to. Whatever the ...

Singing karaoke can be exhilarating. It can also be incredibly stressful. Many would-be singers have spent nights anxiously flipping through a karaoke bar’s enormous book of options in search of the ...

If anyone knows a thing or two about having a good time with your girls, it is Taylor Swift. Her and her besties are the epitome of squad goals, so it only makes sense that they turn heads every time ...

In honor of the death of karaoke inventor Shigeichi Negishi, NPR's Scott Detrow revisits a Pop Culture Happy Hour episode about choosing the perfect karaoke song. We recently received news out of ...