Part 2 of our annual countdown of the top 50 local songs of 2025, featuring a range of artists from music legends to high ...

Duluth native Sydney Hansen has taken her music to Nashville, and two of her original songs have made their way into Christmas movies. Hansen’s song “Kringle Tingle” is featured in “Christmas at ...

Trish Imbrogno described her debut EP, “Bluegrass Love Songs, Volume One,” as leaning into the “gentler” side of bluegrass love songs, or in other words, “the heartbreakers where nobody ends up in a ...

Canada has become one of the fastest-growing hubs for African music as waves of young Nigerians join the “Japa” migration movement, bringing talent, creativity and industry expertise that’s ...

These 2025 rap and R&B videos use direction and design to elevate the music. Directors like Karena Evans and Brendan O’Connor bring cinematic techniques to the genre. The list highlights how artists ...

In our series “2025 in Review,” WTOP takes a look back at some of 2025’s most memorable or impactful stories that happened in the D.C. area. Listen on air, or read and watch them online. This year has ...

Fresh entries into the tradition include releases by Luke Bryan, Tyra Banks and Old Crow Medicine Show. By Jon Caramanica Jon Pareles and Lindsay Zoladz Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You ...

Local restaurant group hands out free meals to 'spread hope' Free barbecue meals are being given out at River Valley Church in Minneapolis “for anyone in need” courtesy of Purpose Restaurants. The ...