The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an ...

Think about a school assembly. A familiar song begins to play, and suddenly everyone joins in. Music has a way of staying ...

Taylor Swift’s love story with Travis Kelce has inspired several big hits. The singer-songwriter has a history of turning her ...

On the eve of America's 250th birthday, NPR's Juana Summers talks with NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Sheldon Pearce about songs that reflect the country's complex identity.

Some of these tunes are by homegrown heroes; other picks are just great songs that mention a state or happen to be set there or that evoke the place in some special way. Our list has rock classics, ...

A range of artists were asked to perform two songs, one from the back pages of the American songbook and a modern song that they think will live on.

Walk into any college library and you will likely see students wearing headphones and listening to music. The idea that music ...

As the year reaches its mid-point, we have answers to a question more pressing than what to wear to the cookout or how early ...

Stephen Foster wrote some of the most enduring American songs, invented the role of songwriter, and served as a cautionary ...

As America celebrates its 250th Anniversary, here are 250 proud protest songs that make the case for a better country.

From the nation's bicentennial in 1976 to this weekend's 250th celebration, American artists have produced five decades of ...