Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025.

With the success of blockbuster albums like Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Lux, and Tropicoqueta, Latin and Spanish-language music had a banner year in 2025. The growth was in the numbers: The Recording ...

Sudan Archives is a genre-defying violinist, producer, and songwriter whose music blends virtuosic playing, inventive ...

Hope, RM and V announced their reunion album will be released on March 20, 2026, after a four-year hiatus to complete their ...

Lady Zamar's powerful X post reflects on love and growth, while Mzansi recalls her past with Sjava amid mixed reactions from ...

The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has announced its latest batch of official certifications! In 2020, the ...

Jua Howard's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025 article by Jua Howard, published on December 23, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Year in Review articles ...

NONTOKOZO MKHIZE NAME NONTOKOZO MKHIZE AGE 32 YEARS GENDER FEMALE OCCUPATION GOSPEL ARTIST Nontokozo Mkhize, professionally known as Nontokozo, is an award-winning South African Afro-soul and gospel ...

If 2024 was the year of the situationship album (and, yes, there are still plenty that dropped thereafter), then 2025 was the year we danced through the fire. The hypnotic, high-tempo momentum of this ...

If we needed any more proof that the album isn't dead, 2025 was it. On this episode, Stephen Thompson is joined by Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen to run through 12 dazzling albums that stuck with ...

In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

From Mavis Staples to the Kronos Quartet—these are our music critic’s favorite works from this year. The Lebanese Civil War. Corporate agri-capitalism. Tips for surviving a nasty divorce. Violence, ...