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The singer-songwriter, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist song and turned that celebration of loafing into an empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died.

National security reporter Fred Kaplan's new book is called The Insurgents, but the insurgents of the title are actually American military intellectuals — including Gen. David Petraeus — determined to change the way the Army thinks about counterinsurgency operations.

Richard K. Morgan's epic sword-and-planet (and alien technology) Land Fit for Heroes series is a good introduction to grimdark, a subgenre that aims to show the gritty underside of fantasy fiction.

Thirty years after Portishead's debut, Gibbons' first solo album is the testament of an uncanny singer simply making it through each day.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth excels when it builds on Remake's innovations. But its new open world distracts from its superb character development.

The recording sessions for Young's 1974 album were gloomy, drug-fueled affairs, but the end result proves that artists can make good work no matter how hemmed-in, churlish or depressed they may be.

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter returned to Nashville to find a community of women determined to resurrect her career.

NPR's history podcast Throughline tells us the story behind the N95 mask.

In the new film Bohemian Rhapsody, Rami Malek plays Freddie Mercury, Queen's frontman who shattered convention. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Malek about his role.

It was a crowded Tony Award season this year, with 36 eligible musicals and plays opening on Broadway stages.