Talking about love is hard, and singing about it is even harder. That’s why we’re leaving it up to the experts to put all these messy feelings into poetic words and beautifully packaged melodies. Let ...

The universal language of music has united generations of lovers since the beginning of time. Falling in and out of love, grasping at unrequited love, mourning love lost and succumbing to deep love ...

I miss the days of mix tapes. Heck, I'd even settle for the relatively recent bygone era of making someone a burned CD with the best racks you managed to crib off of Napster or Limewire. It used to be ...

“No Love Songs” is a refreshingly raw and honest, beautifully balanced two-person musical (plus a one-man onstage band) that’s about something more than love. Its two protagonists, fast-rising rock ...

As a Libra, I might as well have "hopeless romantic" tattooed over my heart. I've always been the kind of person who's reached first for books about 19th-century matchmakers, forbidden love on pirate ...

This essay first appeared in the NPR Music newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this one, listening recommendations and more. I love the word "heartthrob." It stops you whether you ...

Bruce Springsteen's nostalgic and bittersweet track, became the singer's most romantic song and won Best Rock Song at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.