KQED photographers spent the year capturing the biggest stories affecting the Bay Area and California. Here’s a collection of some of the highlights.

Miami witnessed magic as Y100’s Jingle Ball celebrated 20 years with a night of unforgettable performances. The iconic Sean Paul made a<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Billboard highlights several new holidays songs across country, Americana, bluegrass and Contemporary Christian music.

The annual Kris Kringle Procession, which will kick off at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, is the peak of the pre-Christmas season here in Frederick. The event honors the heritage of our community, which was ...

The Green Bay Packers locker room was naturally in a joyous mood after beating the Chicago Bears, 28-21, and moving into first place in the NFC North. No one more than Matt LaFleur and maybe Bo Melton ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Piling on, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this ...

Recorded live at the BBC Proms, Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s propulsive performance, with soloists Allan Clayton, Jamie Barton and James Platt, is one to cherish ...

JERUSALEM — Following two years of subdued Christmas celebrations due to the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, this year the holiday will be celebrated in the Holy Land in all its splendor, especially in ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

Here's the main thing you need to know about our ranked list of the 15 best diamond-selling hard rock and metal albums: They're all damn good. Are you surprised? History is littered with platinum ...

National Adoption Day is scheduled on the Saturday before Thanksgiving every year to raise awareness of the thousands of children across the nation who are living in foster care but are eligible for ...