Music

Deep within an annual report on the global music industry is a listing of the most popular songs and albums from around the world. We listen to 2016's biggest from Croatia, India, Ecuador and more.

Demme, who directed 36 feature films and documentaries over the course of his long and varied career, died this morning. He was a filmmaker fascinated by the pure emotional force of the human face.

The Nashville duo offers a raw and switchback-crazy seven minutes of chaotic math-rock.

Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim, two of the biggest stars to emerge from South Africa, achieved success independently. But the two are cosmically linked by a single 1960 recording session.

Her incredible technical abilities were self-evident, but in front of a microphone, she radiated pure joy.

Chad Clark , the singer of Beauty Pill, interviews Arto Lindsay, a musical hero of his and ours who recently released his first record since 2004, Cuidado Madame.

"Total Entertainment Forever," Father John Misty's indictment of popular culture and blind fandom, comes to life in a papier-mâché video.

The debut single from the Seattle grunge-pop band doesn't ignore the gracelessness of youth. It embraces it.

The Irish singer-songwriter's latest song strikes a sure-footed balance between airy tenderness and coolly jazzy melancholy.

The more you sink into the desperate motion of ISON, the more Sevdaliza breaks apart, discovering pieces of her identity, and challenging how the world prescribes it.