A winter wind blows through the desolate friction of loneliness. On a rainy day, a pale tree sways there. It must be evening.

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...

Plus, the James Cameron request that surprised her, and how she honored Janis Joplin in one section of the original song.

Perhaps a wise prophet named Addison Rae sums it up best: "So I put my headphones on / Listen to my favorite song." And, boy, ...

Elizabeth Chan is in her 15th consecutive year of releasing a new Christmas album every year, and going through a divorce and ...

The lyrics are sung, artificially, in reggae style. It blew up the "Island Time" theme Chambliss walked into by sharing a ...

Indeed, the Grammy winner made some subtle revisions to her lyrics in "I Did Something Bad" and "Delicate," which were included in the version of Reputation with Dolby Atmos sound released by Apple ...

Sara plays the biggest and best tunes to get you up dancing! Including tracks from Eternal, Republica, Indeep and many more! To listen on most smart speakers just say, "Ask BBC Sounds to play Sara Cox ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...