What makes a great song of the summer? Is it an up-tempo pop banger? Something with an earworm chorus? Does it need to ...

Ariana Grande released her seventh studio album, "Eternal Sunshine," on Friday. It doesn't meet the emotional bar set by her previous work, but the songs are fun and expertly made. The best tracks ...

For the third straight year, Kali Uchis is releasing a new album. Her latest, Sincerely, (the comma is part of the title), is out on May 9, and its lead single, “Sunshine & Rain…,” is out ...

Robert Mann’s 10th book, “You Are My Sunshine: Jimmie Davis & the Biography of a Song,” wraps musicology and social and political history into 161 concise pages.

What makes a great song of the summer? Is it an up-tempo pop banger? Something with an earworm chorus? Does it need to ...