Music exists for as many reasons as humans have thoughts. Whether expressing joy, love, grief, or anger, music conveys our deepest feelings like no other art form. To me, the noblest of all reasons ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

On this day (October 23) in 1963, Bob Dylan entered the Columbia recording studio in New York and recorded “The Times They Are a-Changing.” The song captured the hearts and minds of listeners who, at ...