Valentina Magaletti drummed for her life, Sarz got hips swinging and Daniel Avery got slinky and serpentine: our writers pick their favourite unsung LPs from 2025 ...

R&B, soul, and folk are the holy trinity of sad songs. For decades upon decades, these three genres have been releasing existentially soul-crushing ballads about heartbreak, loss, political tragedy, ...

Some might find power ballads to be cheesy, but I think a few songs from 1984 are emotionally devastating in the best way.

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

This is an excellent debut for Dreyer. On it, he shows both a strong sense of composition and arrangement, but it is his bass playing that always stands out. He has incorporated many influences in his ...