The guitarist, singer and songwriter, who died at 78, cut his own path among his elders in the Grateful Dead, and beyond. By David Browne As the youngest member of the original Grateful Dead, Bob Weir ...

Bob Weir was the everyman at the heart of the Grateful Dead, the one who kept the band’s feet on the ground through their farthest-reaching explorations. In the first 30 years of the band’s existence, ...

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

To rank the greatest songs of David Bowie is to attempt to map the shifting tectonic plates of 20th-century culture. Bowie was never merely a singer; he was a sonic architect who used the recording ...

Bruno Mars, Jill Scott and Mandy, Indiana have new albums on the way, and a frantic tune from an anime film is No. 1 in Japan. By Jon Pareles Even in its early weeks, 2026 is revving up fast. The ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...