Sweet Sweet Sugar,’ a documentary on the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican pianist who revolutionized salsa, is due from Omar ...

Billy Steinberg, the songwriter who, with musical partner Tom Kelly, penned pop classics such as Madonna's "Like a Virgin," Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" and The Bangles' "Eternal Flame," died Feb. 16 ...

February 17, 2026 • If you watch HBO’s The Pitt, you might have heard the gorgeous new song called “Need Someone” that Andrew Bird wrote for a recent episode. We’ve got that on this week’s show along ...

February 13, 2026 • August Ponthier. Brent Faiyaz. Jill Scott's first album in more than a decade. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is joined by Nastia Voynovskaya from KQED in San Francisco to chat about ...

The world of Latin music is in mourning today as news of Wilson Manyoma's death sweeps across Colombia and beyond. Manyoma, popularly known as "Saoko," passed away on the morning of February 20 in his ...

Can salsa be understood without understanding Spanish? Or even more complicated: can it be sung in Spanish without understanding the language? Is there a hidden meaning in the phonetics of the salsa ...

The Current highlights the best in new music and groundbreaking musicians who still inspire with Song of the Day, Album of the Week, The Scouting Report for the best new Minnesota music, March Music ...