In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s ...

This might be the most nostalgic of all nostalgic love songs from the 1980s out there. How could I possibly leave off this sultry, saxophone-led tune from one of the greatest talents of that decade?

Have you ever heard someone—maybe an older relative—say that all rock music all sounds the same? Of course, they couldn’t be more wrong about that, but in one way, they have a point. Most rock songs ...

There’s only one thing that beats a good country music marathon—and that’s one exclusive to country love songs. The genre certainly bares no shortage of gushy lyrics set to twangy, guitar-picked tunes ...

The sound of the singer and songwriter’s third album is sweeping and luxurious: intimacy blown up to cinematic scale. By Jon Pareles “Put your hands in the air if you sometimes ever get sad like me,” ...