The thing about soft rock is that it was never an exclusive genre. Cross-pollinating among pop, rock, country rock and, especially, adult contemporary music of the day, the best soft rock records ...

Toby Keith might have been known for being rough and rowdy, but these four songs prove he also did have a soft side.

Billie Eilish’s long-awaited Tiny Desk concert has arrived as NPR Music shared the singer’s stripped-down cubicle performance on Thursday. “Wow. This is nerve-wracking,” Eilish told lucky NPR ...

In March of 2025, at the annual Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, I was one of hundreds of festival-goers entranced by a group of up-and-coming musicians exploring a storied American ...