As you're gearing up for Halloween, it's time to find the perfect background to set the mood, whether it be a virtual party or a regular ol’ Zoom call in October. There are plenty of lighthearted ...

Spooky season is well on — and in the lead-up to Halloween, you might want to add a new Zoom background to spice up any virtual festivities or just make your daily video calls less mundane. Thanks to ...

What does “horror” sound like to you? Is it a creepy synth? Pummeling guitars? A maddening drone? Every year, the creative team behind Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights, the most fun, spooky ...

Celebrate Halloween with spooky tunes from Saint-Saëns and Berlioz on this week’s Take Note podcast! This week on Take Note, we’re diving into the eerie and mysterious sounds of Halloween with music ...

Last year, the German pop songstress Kim Petras and members of the newly formed spooky supergroup Lovecraft each independently noticed something spine-chilling. Halloween, their favorite holiday, one ...

Eyeing the big business of holiday music, a few of pop’s major players are trying to expand the market for Halloween hits. By Marc Hogan When Ashnikko was growing up in North Carolina, their family ...

For much of my life, Halloween playlists have been disappointing. Every Halloween party in an elementary school had the same handful of songs on repeat: “Monster Mash,” “Thriller,” “Ghostbusters,” ...

We get a lot of mail at NPR Music, and alongside the fake blood we ordered for our son's Andrew W.K. costume is a slew of smart questions about how music fits into our lives — and, this week, thoughts ...

Ask a hundred people their favorite Christmas song and you could potentially hear 100 different answers, as there are literally thousands of tunes to choose from. Halloween, on the other hand, has ...