It's Oscar season, which means it's time again to dig into our two favorite categories: Original Song and Original Score. Who will win? Who should win? And who got snubbed? NPR Music editor Hazel ...

A decade ago, Toby Keith sat down with David Lee Murphy and Bobby Pinson to write a song called “End of the Night.” That song never saw the light of day during Keith’s lifetime, but now, fans are ...

Last year, the Academy Awards' race for best original song could be fairly boiled down to a two-horse race between two deeply different — and equally excellent — songs from the blockbuster Barbie ...

Dolly Parton has a music catalog spanning more than 60 years that has churned out chart-topping country classics and timeless hits that have grandparents and grandkids singing along. However, only one ...

Music has played a prominent role in television since its inception, and the small screen has given rise to various original songs which have transcended their TV shows. Through the decades, we’ve ...

In between releasing her two albums in 1973, My Tennesse Mountain Home and Bubbling Over, Dolly Parton released the single “There’ll Always Be Music” on June 25, 1973, with her collaborator in the ...