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In some ways, COVID shrank the distance between musicians and listeners. But then, it also threw nearly everything about the industry into disarray, and for many, things have never been the same.

Critic Ann Powers considers musical performances that have left audiences stunned in utter silence, and what you can hear when sound falls away.

In the first two months of 2025, we lost a number of musicians who made significant contributions to our culture, including Roberta Flack, Garth Hudson and Peter Yarrow.

Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, died Monday. On Friday at midnight, Parton released the song "If You Hadn't Been There" in his memory.

The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times.

At this year's 67th Grammys, wins for The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in a year when other genres showcased rising stars prompt questions about who votes for rock at the Grammys — and what needs to be done for the awards to recognize new blood.

Hear new songs from Counting Crows, identify with the challenges of internet culture with a song from Hurray For The Riff Raff, and enjoy the vocals of Galactic and Irma Thomas on their song, "Where I Belong" — here's what's new in rotation on 91.3 WYEP this week.

Johansen, a pioneer in punk music who found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday. His family announced last month that he had been in treatment for advanced stage cancer.

For Women's History Month, WYEP has asked some special guests to tell us which artists they're celebrating throughout March.

The Black Gospel Archive at Baylor University is the world's largest digital collection of gospel music. Now, it wants to collect oral histories around its rare recordings.