Miley Cyrus is on a roll with new music. With her ninth album, Something Beautiful, due on May 30, the pop star is wasting no time giving fans a taste of her next era. Days after dropping the “Prelude ...

NPR Music critics reflect on the lyrics that captured the year's mood, sparked emotions and stayed with them long after the music stopped.

Michael Stipe finally put to rest a nearly four-decade-long struggle to understand just what he's singing in R.E.M.'s 1987 song "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)." Over the ...