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We all had to kill some darlings to finalize NPR Music's list of the Top 50 Albums and Top 100 Songs. Here are the ones that really should have made the cut.

In the 1990's few producers matched Babyface's success. From Whitney Houston to TLC to Boyz II Men, his touch led to massive hits. NPR's A Martinez talks to him about his new album.

Rooted in the lineage of Black music, Younger interprets a tune by Dorothy Ashby, a pioneer of genre-bending harp.

Carol Baldauf plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Lana Del Rey is further, gloriously unspooled in a seven-minute track that includes a rap.

The Irish singer says she wanted to get "back to basics" for her latest album, an autobiographical collection of smoky torch songs, soul and blues that departs from her signature rockabilly sound.

The remaining minors at the Mecklenburg Juvenile Detention Center were scheduled to be relocated Tuesday, Nov.15, to accommodate the Dec. 1 closure of Jail North.

The Athens, Ga., group has always felt like a myth hidden in plain sight. In a newly unearthed studio session, hear the band reverse-engineer punk's primitive roots to craft a circus-like surrealism.

The world's top-ranked player Novak Djokovic won't play at the upcoming BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells after losing his bid to enter the U.S. unvaccinated to play in the Southern California event.

Jack Valenti died Thursday at the age of 85. He was the former president of the Motion Picture Association of America, and an influential person in American culture for decades.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr died a week ago at the age of 93. Schorr covered Watergate for CBS and broke many major stories, including a secret U.S. plot to assassinate Fidel Castro. Fresh Air remembers the legendary broadcast journalist with highlights from a 1994 interview.

The driverless taxi company Cruise is road-testing its vehicles on Charlotte streets through Saturday. During testing, its taxis will not actually be driverless — they’ll be driven by a person to gather data and get to know Charlotte’s roads and driving behaviors.

WFAE has been recognized with six Green Eyeshade awards, including first place for having the top newscast.

The Justice Department's inspector general has told lawmakers that he is investigating whether one of the agency's lawyers was dismissed over a rumor about her sexual orientation. The inquiry is part of a larger examination of personnel practices under former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Fifty years ago, a classical pianist from Texas took advantage of a thaw in the Cold War and left for the first International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in the Soviet Union. He came back to a ticker-tape parade in New York.

President Biden signed a short-term government funding bill on Thursday, avoiding a potential government shutdown and pushing into next year debates about wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel.

Every weekday through Hispanic Heritage Month, World Cafe dives into the music of a different country in Latin America.

Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Game designer Jane McGonigal says we can.

Gambling supporters in North Carolina say the state is missing out, but a legalization push died in the General Assembly last year.

AMERICANAFEST 2024 features a broad range of music, from alt-country to roots rock and folk, plus industry panels.