As we're nearing the halfway mark of 2022, we're putting together the 50 best songs of the year so far. Follow along the entire week of June 6 as we reveal 10 tracks each day.

A songwriter with a rural Kentucky zip code and a philosophy degree, Goodman has thoughts to spare on small-town life, bottled trauma and the ways that both are misunderstood.

On tour for his new album, Bronco, Orville Peck and band played a passionate and glamorous set for a devout audience in Minneapolis.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention royalty in the lyrics or are performed by an artist with a royal-sounding name?  

In the last two years, Angel Olsen has experienced some big and heavy life events. On her latest album, Olsen processes all these big and complicated feelings of the heart by embracing the sound of classic country.

No details on when or how John Such died were immediately available. A publicist for Bon Jovi didn't immediately respond to messages.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche about their new album Cruel Country, and about writing songs with uncomfortable truths.

The singer-songwriter had a tough couple of years, losing both parents while balancing new love. The experience fueled the country-leaning balance of her new album, Big Time.

The initiative, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, selects U.S. musicians to represent characteristically American music genres by bringing that music to more than 140 countries around the world.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention royalty in the lyrics or are performed by an artist with a royal-sounding name?