Best Songs Guide

Sade makes time slow without ever losing the pulse. A saxophone curls like incense in a quiet room. Bass drifts...

Billy Joel can make a barroom feel like a theater and a city block feel like a diary. His piano...

Miley Cyrus can turn a hook into a headline and a diary page into a sing along. Her voice moves...

Edwin Starr sang like a fuse already lit. His voice was gravel and gold, a trumpet and a sermon, a...

Joni Mitchell writes like a cartographer of feeling. Her melodies find unmarked roads, then sketch the view with watercolor precision...

Cat Stevens writes like a companion who walks a little ahead and waits at every corner. The voice is warm...

Smokey Robinson makes melodies feel like handwriting that already knew your name. The voice glides with satin softness and tiny...

Bobby Darin carried a suitcase of styles and made each one feel like home. One minute he was a finger...

Willie Nelson makes time feel flexible. The voice is both neighborly and ancient. The guitar called Trigger speaks with a...

Def Leppard made hard rock feel like neon poured over steel. The riffs hit with steel toed precision, the drums...