Popular Press Sources
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Rolling StoneA biweekly American magazine that reports on music, pop culture, and politics
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BETBET.com is your home for all the latest celebrity, music, fashion, entertainment and African-American news
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BillboardAn American music and entertainment magazine published weekly
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NPR MusicNPR Music is a project of National Public Radio, an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization, that launched in November 2007 to present public radio music programming and original editorial content for music discovery.
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New Yorker MusicA source for music reviews, articles, and interviews
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New York Times This link opens in a new windowThe New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as the NYT and NYTimes) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership. Founded in 1851, the paper has won 127 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper.
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Music Analysis Media
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Song ExploderSong Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode is produced and edited by host and creator Hrishikesh Hirway in Los Angeles. Using the isolated, individual tracks from a recording, Hrishikesh asks artists to delve into the specific decisions that went into creating their work. Hrishikesh edits the interviews, removing his side of the conversation and condensing the story to be tightly focused on how the artists brought their songs to life. Guests include Fleetwood Mac, Billie Eilish, U2, Metallica, Solange, Lorde, Yo-Yo Ma, The Roots, Bon Iver, and more
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DissectDissect is a serialized music podcast that examines a single album per season, one song per episode.
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Switched on PopA podcast about the making and meaning of popular music
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Rick Beato - Everything MusicRick Beato is an American YouTube personality, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer and educator. He is now known for his YouTube channel, Everything Music, on which he covers different aspects of rock, jazz, and popular music, and he interviews well-known musicians and producers.
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Elizabeth Zharoff - The Charismatic VoiceA vocal coach and opera singer whose videos 'strive to dive deeper into the artists you adore so that we can better understand what makes them so dang good.'
Evaluating Sources
Lyric Sources
When choosing your songs, be sure you find the lyrics on a credible site. If the band or artist has an official site, it would be best to start there. Otherwise, you must use an outside site—be careful and take the time to evaluate the site for credibility.