Spotify Wrapped 2025 did more than just show me my favorite bands of the year, it also introduced me to genres that I didn't ...

Everybody loves the blues in some capacity. This genre of soulful music can be traced back to the 1860s in the Deep South. The origins of the blues started with African-American musicians who created ...

A genre is a category of artistic, musical or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form or content. Music genres such as pop, country, rock and folk are used to categorize songs ...

Music and the frequencies we listen to tend to have a powerful impact on our emotions and mental state. And it’s not only research that proves this. You may have probably experienced the power of ...

From street-corner harmonies to electronic drops, American music has seen waves of genres that dominated the airwaves, clubs, and cultural imagination, only to fade as quickly as they arrived. Some ...

Music is an ever-expanding universe, filled with endless sounds and styles that reflect the diversity of cultures, histories, ...

One of the overarching arguments of Elijah Wald’s influential, broad-scale pop music history treatise How the Beatles Destroyed Rock’n’Roll is that the advent of the long-playing record and the ...

The internet has made it possible for people around the world to bond over music from all times and all places. But it's also made it possible for a few more unusual genres to gain notoriety. Here are ...

The Grammy-winning artist's new album 'Dreamsicle' releases May 9 Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared on ...

Country, rap, and pop are the big three music genres of the 21st century. Frankly, and in regard to commercial success, the genres have monopolized the industry to a massive fault. Though that can of ...