NPR

Tom Petty to 'Fresh Air': 'The songs mean a lot to people, and it means a lot to me'

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. If you've been watching the Apple TV+ series "Bad Monkey," you've heard some great covers of Tom Petty songs, like this one. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WON'T BACK DOWN ...
USA Today

The songs of the summer are here – at least according to Spotify

As summer slowly melts into fall, the songs that defined the warmer months are coming into clearer view. An announcement on Aug. 27 from Spotify named five songs of the summer, hand-selected by the ...
The New York Times

Was There a Song of This Summer?

Ten tastemakers (and two staffers) weigh in on the season’s signature tracks. By Joe Coscarelli and Jon Caramanica Don’t let anyone — even this very newsletter — tell you differently: The last day of ...
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There may not be a song of the summer, but there's certainly a sound

As Google Trends data suggests, people aren't necessarily rallying around a particular song of the summer this year, as they have in the past. The big picture: If last summer boasted an abundance of ...
Rolling Stone

The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far

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 ...
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“It was confusing to me": Guitarist Daryl Stuermer on recording Phil Collins' In The Air Tonight

Phil Collins’ In The Air Tonight might be best-remembered for that drum fill, but Daryl Stuermer’s guitar parts are also pretty notable. Stuermer was one of Collins’ key sidemen - both on his solo ...