To mark America's Semiquincentennial, TIME asked 25 experts to share a song that captures the essence of American life today.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Marcus Brown, the musician who records as Nourished By Time. His new album takes inspiration from the working class sounds of Baltimore house music. SUMMERS: This is ...

UCR's Top 100 Rock Songs captures the rich history of rock, blending pop, soul and metal, highlighting tracks from Aerosmith ...

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...

Music theory is one of those things that musicians either figure out easily or struggle with forever. I’m certainly in the latter category, so using unusual time signatures is more or less out of my ...