From Elton John to The Beatles and Queen, greatest hits albums continue to play an important role in securing an artist's ...

Sixty years ago today, Jim Reeves was at the top of the country chart with an album that contained multiple career highlights.

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 ...

When it comes to neo-soul royalty and R&B greats, few names carry the weight and mystique of D’Angelo. The late singer, who died at 51 this week, pioneered the former genre and redefined the latter in ...

Ian Astbury is a true believer. As the singer for the Cult, he’s been immersed in the ritual of rock ‘n roll, of sweeping ...

Music in the 1980s wasn't just about synth-pop hits and arena rock anthems. Beneath the glittery surface of mainstream ...

The first issue of Paste came out in July 2002. Since then, this site has catalogued the best and worst contemporary music the industry and the underground have had to offer. This week, we’re focusing ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

At 20, the company is always pushing its new work. But its older pieces, which should be showcased more, remain a delight.

Great artists who are the opposite of prolific are always a thorny subject. Many of our most romantic ideas about creativity tend to view “genius” as a kind of vessel state, from which beauty and ...

Weezer’s iconic hit Island in the Sun just hit one billion streams on Spotify. It’s one of the band’s greatest songs and a ...

Taylor Swift hit a historic 4 million in sales in one week with the debut of her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” This marks the singer’s 15th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 albums chart ...