*Music Industry Insight
A Wicked fan favorite almost received a modern upgrade for the movie adaptation. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times published on Monday, November 25, Stephen Schwartz, who composed the music…
The word “demure” has been named Dictionary.com’s 2024 Word of the Year, largely due to the creativity of TikToker Jools LeBron. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, some of the earliest…
R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, the National’s Matt Berninger, Kim Gordon, Angel Olsen and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O will assemble March 26 at New York’s Carnegie Hall for The Music…
For millions of American teenagers, the Beatles‘ Feb. 9, 1964, debut American television performance on The Ed Sullivan Show was the equivalent of an atomic bomb. Indeed, nothing would ever…
The latest single from indie rockers flipturn has it both ways: “Sunlight” is an alluring, catchy track that builds on the band’s successful sonic character. But it’s also a deeply…
One of the most apt and unquestioned honorific nicknames in popular music is the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul. Mary J. Blige was born in the Bronx in the early ’70s,…
Luke Spiller, lead vocalist for British rock band the Struts, remembers the first time he saw the video for Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal.” “I remember seeing the coin flip into…
Lainey Wilson misses her horse. Back home in Baskin, Louisiana, she keeps a brown quarter horse on the family farm, Tex, and he’s one of her oldest and dearest friends.…
Lana Del Rey‘s long-in-the-works country album now has a name and a release date. The artist revealed on Instagram today (Nov. 25) that The Right Person Will Stay will arrive…
Lánre, the Nigerian-American singer-songwriter blending RnB and pop, has released his latest single, “What Happens Next.” With over 2 million streams worldwide, Lánre combines heartfelt songwriting with electronic textures and…