*Music Industry Insight
At the Lumiere Cinema at the Music Hall in Beverly Hills where Art Dealers, the 80-minute Low Cut Connie documentary/concert film is being shown, you can’t slip past the group’s…
Hard rock lovers will once again rejoice next year at Las Vegas’ Sick New World festival, which has secured Metallica and the reunited Linkin Park to headline its third edition…
Rufus Wainwright has joined the sizable chorus of performers disgusted by the use of their music at Donald Trump’s presidential campaign events, after his cover of the late Leonard Cohen‘s…
Chuck D famously rapped “our freedom of speech is freedom or death” on Public Enemy’s 1989 single “Fight the Power,” one of hip-hop’s most powerful anthems. Thirty-five years later, the…
“Everyday I try to connect to living my best life,” says Norwood Fisher, checking in with SPIN after a morning surf session near his home in Santa Monica—clearly living his best…
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi spent 377 days in prison, 252 of them in solitary confinement. He was arrested on October 30, 2022 during the uprisings in Iran sparked by the…
Since the acclaimed one-two punch of 2020’s Walking Proof and 2021’s Lately, Lilly Hiatt moved from the hustle and bustle of Nashville, fell in love, got married, adopted a dog…
The music industry offers unpredictability and competitiveness through an artistic lens that is difficult to match in any other occupational sector. As independent musicians occasionally face disproportionate challenges, it can…
Driving through Laurel Canyon, the narrow, twisty roads of the Los Angeles neighborhood vibrate with the energy of musicians who have lived here. I’m headed to the home of one…
I’m chatting with Alexandra Richards—daughter of Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards and supermodel/actor Patti Hansen—on a virtual call from her home in Brooklyn. I notice a large piece of art…