When Lucy Zhang first listened to recordings of humpback whale songs, she didn’t expect to hear the makings of a symphony. But while playing the recordings, the Saratoga High School senior recognized ...

What a year for music — great songs came out of anywhere, in every style and every genre. These are my 25 favorite songs of 2025, though some gems will appear over on my albums list, to avoid ...

When Lucy Zhang first listened to recordings of humpback whale songs, she didn’t expect to hear the makings of a symphony. But while playing the recordings, the Saratoga High School senior ...

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd has “about 30 songs” written with late guitarist Gary Rossington that the band still hopes to record and release. In a recent conversation with French outlet Riff X, singer Johnny Van ...

Christmas and country music were made for each other. Sure, the classics — from Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas” to Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December” — still define the season, but ...

With a handful of CMA and ACM Awards under his belt, Cody Johnson knows a thing or two about selecting songs to attach his name to. Like many singers in the genre, the Texas native not only writes his ...

Not every song in 2025 was a winner. Some were overproduced, some were overhyped and some just left us wondering who signed off on them. Here are five songs that, for better or worse, stood out for ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The last few performances for “Songs of the Season” were Dec. 20, 2025, at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. The annual “Songs of the Season” invites musicians to the ...