Megan Thee Stallion, Tierra Whack, Rico Nasty, Flo Milli, and CHIKA

How one record company fought the AIDS pandemic

Every song Cyndi Lauper writes is pop perfection according to Sam Sanders … except for one mysterious synth solo.

Cultural critic Ivie Ani breaks down how Missy Elliott broke into the pantheon of anthems, and how she changed the scope of who could belong.

How “All Star” became an anthem played in sports arenas, soundtracked by Hollywood, and embedded into seemingly every internet meme.

n 1995, ESPN launched Jock Jams Volume 1, a compilation record that would define the sound of sports for the next quarter century.

Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles’ album “Something To Say” makes you want to get up and dance as much as it makes you want to take action.

Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles’ album “Something To Say” makes you want to get up and dance as much as it makes you want to take action.

What Shawn Mendes, BTS, Alicia Keys, Dua Lipa, 24kGoldn, Justin Bieber & Chance The Rapper can tell us about the state of pop music.

Brandy Clark’s album “Your Life Is A Record” is a masterclass in country songwriting

Keith Urban is a legend of country. His new album, The Speed Of Now Part 1, has Urban disregarding country convention as he’s known to do.

Mickey Guyton spent a decade of fits and starts trying to make a career in country music. But now in recent months she’s having a country music moment releasing vulnerable songs that use her experiences of rejection, exclusion and racism as inspiration.

On their latest album release, “Energy,” Disclosure channels sounds and samples from the global south. Listen to find out how they make the energy flow.

When we listen closely to the Fifth, we hear that's it more than a museum piece, it’s a living testament to self-expression and determination.

Before Beethoven’s time, classical music culture looked and sounded quite different. In episode III we explore how Beethoven’s symphony was used to generate the strict culture of classical music — and the politics that undergird those norms of behavior.

In movements II , III and IV, Beethoven keeps trying to overcome his dark fate with bright major melodies, and keeps getting defeated.

The first four notes of the piece are more than a modern meme, they’re the main character in a drama life and death.

This Motown hit by Martha and the Vandellas gets people off their feet and onto the streets

How does Benee feel becoming a global pop star under lockdown?

Twenty years after the 90s, which songs are everlasting?