From mystery and history to fiction and memoir, these are the titles that captivated Monitor reviewers this year.

In CHRISTMAS IN AMISH COUNTRY, Chef Claire is reeling from a negative response to her new restaurant. She heads home to Amish country to ...

In these 100 songs, you’ll hear lusty dubstep, quietly subversive electronic pop, regional rap bangers, alt-country odysseys, ubiquitous chart-toppers, and much more. We were drawn to songs this year ...

Songs credited to an artist named Solomon Ray entered iTunes’ Top 100 Christian and gospel albums chart last week — but the hits weren’t created by a human. Ray’s voice, lyrics and persona were ...

As DEI battles and funding shifts roil campuses, music programs from UCLA to Juilliard continue to grow. THR ranks the 20 schools shaping the next generation of composers. By Jeff Bond Conservatories ...

AI-generated musician Solomon Ray has stirred a debate among listeners, drawing pushback from popular human singer Forrest Frank. According to his Spotify profile, Solomon Ray is a “Mississippi-made ...

Brandon Lake may just be the most popular concert artist in Christian music history. Yet, he made it clear — right from the start of his sold-out concert at the SAP Center in San Jose — that he was ...

An AI-generated country song has topped Billboard‘s “Country Digital Song Sales” chart in the United States — once again highlighting how ubiquitous algorithmically generated music is becoming. The ...

“Chinese Democracy” finally arrived in 2008. Guns N’ Roses burned through ten guitarists and $13m recording the album, and 15 years had passed since the American band’s previous studio offering. By ...

A few days after the star singer Forrest Frank fell off his skateboard, crashed into a wall and fractured two vertebrae, he previewed a new track about the accident on TikTok. Frank, formerly a member ...

In 1986, the appeal of “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)” was delightfully uncomplicated. The Beastie Boys had turned the simple art of rebelling against authority figures—teachers, ...