Soft orchestral music filled Studio A of Myanmar Radio and Television in Yangon, Myanmar, as voices rose in both Chinese and Myanmar verse, weaving together two literary traditions shaped by centuries ...

Year-end season is normally all about positivity—publications pick their favorite albums and songs from the previous 12 months, and then we all argue over placements and omissions. “Where’s __?” is an ...

The voice of a 19-year-old female head of household who fled Myanmar’s civil war filled the stage of *Miss Trot 4*. Wanyeehwa (19), a refugee responsible for her two younger siblings, performed You ...

From a song by a certified superstar that came out in the very first week of January to breakthroughs from lesser-known indie acts, here are selections from NPR Music's list of the best songs of 2025.

"For four days, they have had their internet cut off, they have had their electricity cut off. They are in darkness, they are asking for our voice," the singer said. The Puerto Rican superstar and ...

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...