Vonda Shepard Returns With Soul-Searching New Album and a Lasting Appreciation for 25 Years of ‘Ally’ By Chris Willman. Plus Icon. Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic.

It’s only fitting that country music singer Morgan Wallen’s most soul-searching album yet features a court sketch of him as the cover — inspired by his highly publicized legal issues after ...

This was music’s emancipation year. After 18 months of delay, restraint and career/identity crises, pop music returned – rejuvenated – to the dancefloor, flouting a revived sexual confidence (TMI ...

Early in Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey highlights a sermon from megachurch pastor-to-the-stars Judah Smith. In the most Del Rey fashion, it was clearly ...

Now, at the age of 64, not only does he have a new album coming out soon, but the Shabbat and mitzvah-observant Himmelman has just released a new book, the quasi-memoir Suspended by No String: A ...

Usher embarked on a soul-searching trip in 2018 after his three-year marriage to ... and Naviyd, 15), and his booming career including his hit Vegas residency, new album Coming Home and the ...

In a year dominated by 2022’s biggest releases, new albums by SZA, Lana Del Rey, and more invigorated the music landscape of 2023. ... the perfect vessel for soul-searching, ...

Singer Eli "Paperboy" Reed has curated the 15-track compilation of gospel, soul, and blues songs that Skippy White released on various record labels in the ‘60s, when his self-named record ...

Reconnecting with nature & her community led indie-rock artist Indigo De Souza to create her new album about how fleeting life is, All of This Will End. We spoke to her about the record.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with soul singer Charles "Wigg" Walker. The Nashville native has released his latest album, "This Love is Gonna Last" at the age of 84.