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Dec. 17, 2022

Holidazed: Alternatives to Boring Christmas and Hanukkah Songs

If you typically despise the repetition of the same ten holiday songs, these alternatives might be what you need to tolerate your family and friends' seasonal cheery obsession. Read More

Dec. 16, 2022

AllMusic Loves 2022

The AllMusic editors round up their individual favorite recordings released in 2022. Check out the tastes of our writers and discover a few albums you may have missed this year. Read More

Dec. 5, 2022

AllMusic's Best of 2022

The end of 2022 is upon us and we like to use it as a time to reflect on the year gone by. Throughout December we're going to present the best releases of a few dozen genres and formats. Read More

Nov. 22, 2022

Stripped Songs: How an Acoustic Version Can Change a Tune

No matter the genre, fans have a peculiar love of acoustic versions of their favorite songs and there's a seemingly endless list of musicians who have made stripped adaptations of their own compositions.… Read More

Nov. 17, 2022

The 2022 AllMusic Gift Guide

'Tis the season where the AllMusic team pulls together their hand-selected recommendations of books, gadgets, recordings and more, highlighting some of the items we found to be fun and important this… Read More

Nov. 14, 2022

Celebrating the Contemporary Musicians of Ukraine

Music has been used as a tool for resistance and political activism and is especially pronounced in the contemporary musicians of Ukraine. Here are some of the talented Ukrainian musicians that continue… Read More

Oct. 25, 2022

Every Day is Halloween — Musicians in Costumes

Creating music while in costume adds both a layer of intrigue to a live performance and allows musicians a level of removal from what they're producing. AllMusic looks at some of the artists who hide… Read More

Oct. 18, 2022

True North: Bruce Cockburn, Canada's Forgotten Singer-Songwriter

Author Daniel de Visé offers an overview of five classic albums from Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, starting at the beginning and ending with his commercial breakthrough. Read More

Sep. 7, 2022

Five Best Queen Songs (Not Sung by Freddie)

While every single Queen hit was sung by Freddie Mercury, there were quite a few album cuts featuring guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor as lead singers that are also standout tunes, as well… Read More

Aug. 17, 2022

Universal Truths and Cycles: An Appreciation of Robert Pollard and Guided by Voices

The incredibly prolific Pollard has released over 100 albums, whether under the Guided By Voices name or via any number of side projects and solo recordings. Author Daniel de Visé walks us through some… Read More