The Broadway cast recording of Buena Vista Social Club won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on February 1, beating out Maybe Happy Ending, Gypsy, Death Becomes Her, and Just in Time.

Award shows are bound to get stuff wrong, but a shocking number of masterpieces were ignored by the Grammys in the album of the year category.

Monte Ogbon. Emily Scott Robinson. Blood harmonies from Irish brothers Ye Vagabonds. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music chats with Dre Castillo from KVNF in western Colorado about the best albums out Friday,

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In 2026, Megadeth took their proverbial final bow with their 17th and ostensibly last studio album, simply titled Megadeth. It was a fitting poignant, metallic endnote to an illustrious career full of ups and downs — one that found Mustaine coming out on top, even in the face of endless adversity.

Music’s biggest night turned out to be a big night for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which added two more Grammy Awards to its collection. The BSO and BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons were recognized for Best Orchestral Performance for its recording of Messiaen’s sprawling Turangalîla-Symphonie,