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In the midst of all the political turmoil of 2025, there came a song that gave us hope. “Golden,” released in early July off ...

Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex symbol Teddy Pendergrass and other artists who defined the Sound of Philadelphia. Now, as a professor of ethnic ...

“Luther (with SZA),” the Kendrick Lamar and SZA tribute to the late Luther Vandross, was the Top Song in the U.S. and eighth ...

We decided to have a little fun and ask our team members about their favorite Christmas Holiday songs. Some sent the five we ...

If you thought last year's charts were chaotic enough, the Grammys 2026 nominations for Best Song of the Year have arrived to remind us that music loves nothing more than surprising us. From ...

Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre Michael Owens/Getty Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Luther," featuring SZA, fell off the Billboard Hot 100 chart The list now ...

One of the cool things about R&B is hearing how the sound seems to constantly change from the previous decade. The 1980s was no different. It was an era that was moving away from the disco sound of ...

If a musician’s legacy can be judged by which of his peers are willing to show up and sing his praises in a documentary about him, consider Billy Joel’s in good standing: Among the A-listers in HBO’s ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Every June, the Paste Music crew tallies up the best songs of the year so far. It’s a great way to present our favorites to you, but also to each other. This list is a snapshot of our favorite tracks ...