WILLOW. Altin Gün. Fugazi alumni smashing punk into jazz. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is joined by Evan Miller from WYSO in ...

Compact discs, or CDs, were revolutionary when they first emerged as a new medium for listening to music in the 1980s. Part of their success is alluded to in the name itself: the slim, compact size of ...

Streaming music platforms have been in the news quite a bit recently, and not for good reasons. A lot of people who use streaming music services (which includes virtually all of us) are also quite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dan Levine loves watching his guests light up when they see his DVD-lined bookcases and drawers in his Brooklyn apartment. It’s as ...

CDs aren’t exactly cutting-edge in 2025. Since the peak years around the turn of the millennium, sales have plummeted because streaming services like Spotify have taken over. But there are still times ...

For years, the compact disc felt like the most forgotten format in music history. Vinyl enjoyed a triumphant comeback. Cassette tapes clawed their way into indie credibility. CDs, meanwhile, sat in ...

Back in the 1980s, Peter Giles knew that the fledgling music format, the compact disc, came with some compromises. CDs were smaller than vinyl record albums. That meant the end of the 12-inch album ...

Most of us store our favorite music on a digital playlist, but March marks an anniversary for those of us who remember when music came on something physical. Forty years ago, in March 1983, Billy Joel ...

The compact disc gave us our first taste of digital music – and we liked it. Upon its arrival in the U.S. in March 1983, the sleek 4.7-inch plastic and aluminum disc – about the size of a drink ...

It’s been a while since I was asked about burning music CDs, but this week a reader asked how best to make music CDs from his music library. It’s been a few years since I wrote about this topic. The ...

Uploading music is easy to do in the Music app, and only takes a few steps. Here is how to upload music files and folders. You can also drag and drop audio files directly into the Music app to make ...

Our Audio expert Chris Haslam gives his personal recommendation for buying a modern portable cassette or CD player ...