Jala Washington is the weekend morning anchor and weekday reporter at KXAN in Austin. She’s been with the NBC local news affiliate since November 2020, when she started as the Hays County Reporter ...

New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music ...

The official diamond award was unveiled by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1999. In the years since, it has been bestowed sparingly: only if a song has sold at least 10 million ...

It's hard to believe Morgan Wallen's debut single in country music is over a decade old. "Spin You Around" was his first offering under Panacea Records in 2015. The now-superstar made an attempt to ...

The Billboard Hot 100 is widely regarded as the definitive all-genre singles chart in the US. Since the chart launched in 1958, hundreds of songs have reached the coveted No. 1 spot. However, far ...

Mumford & Sons’ albums are celebrated widely, and the band’s album Babel won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2012. Below American Songwriter has complied Mumford & Sons’ top 10 greatest hits.

All the seasons have their virtue. But fall? Well, there's just something extra special about autumn. Perhaps it's changing of the leaves, the promise of the holidays ahead or the return of sweater ...

Brian Wilson goes lounge pop—that’s the tagline for “Busy Doin’ Nothin,” a sneaky gem on the lo-fi Friends. Brian was totally inspired by Burt Bacharach, Chris Montez, and bossa nova music. His wife ...

The group behind a charter petition that would force regular external audits onto the city of Austin believes it has enough signatures to get that petition on the November ballot. Save Austin Now ...