Tag: Music

A common refrain during the first Trump presidency was "With so many people upset, where are the protest songs?" Something began stirring in Trump's second term, and beginning in the middle of 2025, politically-minded (or just fed up) musicians slowly began making their rage and frustration known. Here is a loose timeline of some of the recorded protest music thus far in the President's current term.

Although YouTube may have killed the MTV star, we can still look back at some of the music videos that caught our eye when the channel was running all day, all night.

As the year progresses, we look to the future to guess at the upcoming releases from our favorite artists and pontificate as to what their new sounds will reveal. Here is a non-exhaustive list of albums that our editors have been anticipating in the first half of 2026.

AllMusic spoke with director Fernando Trueba about the making of the Bossa Nova detective film "They Shot the Piano Player," the research that went into it, and what he's working on next.

With Green Day and Bad Bunny primed to elicit controversy and conversation, we look back at some of the best (and strangest) performances throughout the history of the Super Bowl. Who should bring home the trophy and who should be sidelined for the rest of the season?

2025 was a year where we lost many treasured musicians. Some legendary older artists whose time had unfortunately come, and some surprising younger names whose loss came as a sudden surprise. On AllMusic, we've tried to feature small tributes in recognition of these events, and now we look back at a selection of those who left their mark on music's history and will certainly be missed.

AllMusic editor Tim Sendra digs deep into the Monkees' classic 1967 album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. which has recently been reissued with upgrades including alternate takes, new mixes, backing tracks, demos, and TV versions.

Our 2025 year-end coverage ends with the top 10 albums of the year as voted on by the AllMusic community. Respondents from all around the world made their choices, and we're excited to share the top 10 results as voted by you, the AllMusic reader. Thanks again for reading and supporting AllMusic in 2025, and we look forward to bringing you more reviews and features in 2026.

Scanning the reissues and other archival releases loved by ten of our editors, it's clear that 2025 was an outstanding year for vintage live recordings as well as a myriad multi-disc compilations catering to explorers of old school R&B, synth pop, British folk, German rock, and more, even electroclash. Here are our individual editors' personal selections for the reissues and archival albums that came out this year.

Our editors share a wide variety of their personal favorite albums of 2025, featuring some of the year's biggest releases and a wealth of lesser-heard gems.