Maria Sherman

Rarely does a life-altering album reveal itself, right away, to alter your life. But for Maria Sherman, Tiger Trap's 1993 album was a swift sonic gateway to reconsidering the power of soft sounds.

We deserved a good show, and we got one of the best in years. But it wouldn't be the Grammys without a few familiar mistakes.

Korean pop's near-total global ubiquity may be intimidating for the uninitiated, but getting into the music shouldn't be. Our introduction includes tracks by H.O.T., Girls Generation, BTS and more.

It's impossible to discuss early Hollywood and Broadway hits without acknowledging Fields, who wrote over 400 songs between 1928 and 1973 and is responsible for some of the greatest tunes of our time.

With spitting synths and vocals drenched in reverb, the Brazilian trio's variegated take on deathrock, post-punk and psych challenges the confines of each genre.

Electronic music as it is now known and used would not exist without Derbyshire and her spirit of human, sonic manipulation.

If you thought All Of Something signaled the end of Sports (the band), then surprise! The high-energy breakup song "Making It Right" appears on a split 7" with sob rockers Plush.

Emo has its survivors, but few can command attention the way Brand New has in eight years without an album. The band's surprise return with Science Fiction comes, characteristically, on its own terms.

A country star turned rock 'n' roll pioneer, Jackson's prolific career protested patriarchal standards of music new and old. In doing so, she paved the way for countless rock singers who followed.

Love in pop music is often painted in grandiose gestures, but sometimes it feels truest in just feeling "OK."