This article originally published at The 10 best Houston albums of 2025, from Isaac Niaz to Brennen Leigh to Juan Treviño.

I fell back in love with Austin music in 2025. Our city has been rife with talented performers since long before I came around, but it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the embarrassment of riches – and by ...

Billboard offers its take on the top country albums of 2025, with music from Turnpike Troubadours, Carter Faith, Zach Top, ...

Another round-up of the music from 2025. Country music in 2025 was a continuation of what we saw in 2024… better quality from the mainstream, artists like Zach Top, Parker McCollum, Chase Rice, Jake ...

The last time a Black woman won the Grammy for Album of the Year, when The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was awarded music’s biggest prize, Chappell Roan had just celebrated her first birthday; Sabrina ...

But it’s the lesser-known storylines that helped make 2024 such an entertaining, and pivotal year, in the genre’s history. Mid-career singers and bands like Miranda Lambert, Chase Rice, and Midland ...

Watching the Devil tune his guitar in the middle of the night isn’t how Robert (or Tommy) Johnson imagined he’d be spending his Saturday night. When that ol’ demon started playing songs, fire flew ...

Asleep at the Wheel has been keeping the spirit of Western Swing and Texas country music alive for more than five decades. While the band didn’t start in the Lone Star State, they have called it home ...

When Asleep at the Wheel decided to record a record of Texas-centric songs to commemorate the Western swing outfit spending 50 of its 55 years in the Lone Star State, Ray Benson had a simple request: ...

My 2025 10-best list is heavy on storytelling songwriters of all stripes, from country to rock to hip-hop to dance-pop. The Brooklyn band that is hyped as the future of rock is on it, as is the ...