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

The tradition in Scotland is to sing the song on Hogmanay — their word for the New Year’s celebrations — with everyone ...

"Auld Lang Syne" as we know it today first came together in the late 1700s, and wasn't initially a song for New Year's Eve.

Pronounced “Old Lang Zyne,” experts say it started as a poem, and has since become a song that is now a staple in New Year’s celebrations.

Jason Aldean is helping fans ring in 2026! The country star served as one of the headliners of CBS’ New Year’s Eve Live: ...

Music has always been more than just entertainment. Throughout history, it’s sparked revolutions, challenged governments, and ...

Two new books, different in subject but oddly companionable in spirit, look past the surfaces of American storytelling and toward the forces that shape it -- some intimate, some atmospheric, some ...

Rascal Flatts brought an energetic performance to 'New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash' on Wednesday night.

In 2024, the song of the year was so undeniable and inescapable that we don’t even have to bother naming it. This year, the landscape is much trickier. Twenty twenty-five hasn’t produced a ...

Hundreds of new Christmas songs are released every year, but each time December rolls around, the same small handful of classics races to the top of the charts. Will anything new ever break through?

Indeed, the Grammy winner made some subtle revisions to her lyrics in "I Did Something Bad" and "Delicate," which were included in the version of Reputation with Dolby Atmos sound released by Apple ...