Public radio hosts chime in on what artists are up for a big break in 2023.

This year artists working within the orbit of the unstable category "roots music" got personal even as they explored complex cultural lineages and challenged the rules of established scenes and forms.

This year artists working within the orbit of the unstable category "roots music" got personal even as they explored complex cultural lineages and challenged the rules of established scenes and forms.

After a year defined by emergence and creative combination, our critics zoom in on their own listening to choose one inescapable album and song each.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Making Shazam playlists, Chris Klimek's annual mixtape, NPR Best Music of 2022 and more.

We ranked a list of 100 songs that reflects the sprawling, energetic messiness of 2022. Start listening.

We ranked a list of 100 songs that reflects the sprawling, energetic messiness of 2022. Start listening.

It was a heart-pounding, dance-inducing, head-spinning year in Latin music, from Bad Bunny's exponential rise to a relentless commitment from up and coming artists to play between genre lines.

We ranked our 50 favorite records of the year, from hip-hop to classical and everything in between.

Her album-as-Sistine Chapel: awe-inspiring from a distance and glittering with detail, a star-filled imaginary sky and an origin myth that comes to life through its brilliant brush strokes.

In 2022, the greatest difficult-to-classify sounds encompassed microtonal rock jams, tender ambient, Egyptian ghosts and an epic synth symphony.

NPR's pop critic and correspondent shares her favorite albums of this year.

This has been a year packed with great albums, some highly anticipated and some out of the blue. Share your favorites with us and we'll reveal the results on an episode of All Songs Considered.

The leaves are changing colors, miniature candies are lining the walls of drug stores and tías y tíos are warning about the demonic roots of Halloween. Finally, Espooky season has arrived.

When you write a song, you want people to hear it. But for some artists, that's not enough.