Otis Hart
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Shane MacGowan was a famously hard-drinking but brilliant musician who shot to fame in the 1980s with the folk punk band The Pogues. -
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer helped write the blueprint for Americana music, with songwriting credits including "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek." -
Almost 30 years after her breakthrough, Liz Phair is still writing songs worthy of a greatest hits album.
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The NPR Music senior manager shares his favorite albums and songs of 2021. -
From Jersey club to the U.K. underground, 2021's best electronic music looks like a complex melting pot of genre and history. -
In a Grammy ceremony filled that mixed surprisingly intimate moments with familiar staged bombast, Megan Thee Stallion won best new artist and Beyoncé became the most awarded performer of all time. -
The visionary producer and singer whose music melded house, techno, trance, pop and the avant-garde died after an accident in Athens. -
The son of singer Steve Earle, Justin Townes Earle recorded eight albums, including 2019's The Saint of Lost Causes. His death was announced on his Facebook page Sunday night. -
The master lyricist and poet leaves behind a catalog of oblique indie rock that inspired a cult following. -
The former member of The Walker Brothers and singer of "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" was also one of experimental music's most beloved composers.
