Now that we're firmly into the month of July, we're past the halfway point of 2009. That's when NPR's Music Team starts thinking about how the year stacks up musically. In the meantime, Boilen already ...

Happy Holidays, ladies and gentlemen. As it has been since 2002, here I am again writing this post on my choices of the top 20 songs of 2009. This year we have so many good songs coming out and again ...

Compiling a Top 10 list of the year's best songs for Folk Alley is difficult, because the stream offers listeners the chance to wear so many different hats. Overall, the choices were made based on ...

When a song is good, it doesn’t matter what year it was released. Some of country music’s best songs were released years ago, and even decades ago. These four country songs came out in 2009, but they ...

Unfortunately, sometimes our favorite songs don't become instant hits. They're not thrown in heavy rotation on the radio and the DJ won't play them in the club. Don't fear. We feel your pain. Here are ...

This month — stupid July — marks the middle of what has already been a groundbreaking year for new music. Younger artsits like Passion Pit and Diane Birch are etching their names in the cement of ...

THESE ARE THE albums I kinda remember listening to and enjoying in 2009, in no particular order because my way of listening isn’t orderly. I typed them up as I remembered them because I’m like that … ...