Some people say that “cringe” or corny songs don’t age well. While that might be true to music fans who take their taste slightly too seriously, it isn’t the case for us, as even songs that the ...

Not all great pop songs are respected in their day. Just because a tune has an earworm quality, doesn’t mean that it’s thought highly of among music lovers. In fact, some tracks that have become ...

Great songs are everywhere, but, unfortunately, so are the bad ones. When a relative unknown like Paul Lekakis makes a dud (whether it was a hit or not), it might be nothing out of the ordinary, but ...

The perfect Christmas song sets the mood right away. Our next guest wants to destroy all that. STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: (Laughter). MARTIN: Stephen Thompson of NPR Music has brought us some of his ...

A hodgepodge of hipsters in day-old clothes gathered closely together, playing obscure string and percussion instruments for a performance on NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. It was November 2009, and ...