Sweetwater Announces Over $800,000 in Philanthropic Donations

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Photo Credit: Sweetwater Sweetwater announces over $800,000 in philanthropic donations to more than 400 organizations in 2022. Sweetwater, the country’s leading online provider of musical instruments and professional audio equipment, announced philanthropic donations of over […]

The best music books of 2022 | Best books of the year

In Perfect Harmony: Singalong Pop in 70s Britain by Will Hodgkinson

Rock and pop music has been obsessed with its own past almost from the start: by 1959, a New York record store called Times Square was doing a roaring trade in what it called “oldies”, […]

Is cumbia the new punk? How Son Rompe Pera gets crowds moshing to marimbas

A group of five punk men pose by a fence with barbed wire

Kacho, Kilos and Mongo Gama grew up performing in cemeteries. Along with their father, José (a.k.a. Batuco), the brothers would play next to the mariachi and Norteño groups performing for families visiting their relatives during […]

Pan pipes, pinot noir and productivity: the hidden power of music | Music

Does music affect the way we shop?

I’m always happy to talk about my taste in music, but what about the taste of music? A new exhibition at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum is asking visitors to match certain types of music […]

Bono Apologizes for Songs of Innocence Release with Apple

Bono Apologizes for Songs of Innocence Release with Apple

Bono took “full responsibility” for the controversial release strategy behind U2’s 2014 LP, Songs of Innocence, that installed the album on every Apple device for free, in his upcoming memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story. […]

Ice Spice explains meaning behind her catchy viral song ‘Munch’

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Lawrence Scotti   ❘   Published: 2022-10-14T19:49:46   ❘   Updated: 2022-10-14T19:50:08 Bronx rapper Isis ‘Ice Spice’ Gaston opened up about the meaning of her hit song Munch, which has completely taken over the internet […]

Life Lessons from Pharrell Williams and Michael Jackson

Life Lessons from Pharrell Williams and Michael Jackson

Welcome to Life Lessons. This week, we’re revisiting Pharrell Williams’ conversation with Michael Jackson from our special August 2003 Music Issue. By 2003, Pharrell had reached the pinnacle of music industry fame—as one half of the […]

‘I’ve got to stop somewhere!’ How Steve Roud compiled his epic folk song archive | Folk music

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When Steve Roud was young, he began collecting records. Hardly unusual for a child of the 1950s – but this boy from south London was different. Not content with just listening to LPs, Roud began […]

Capitol Records ‘Drops’ Virtual Rapper FN Meka Over Racism Allegations

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FN Meka (Photo Credit: Capitol Music Group/UMG) Yes, robots can get canceled, too. Effectively immediately, Capitol Music Group and its parent Universal Music Group have ‘severed ties’ with virtual artist FN Meka following allegations of […]

George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Dopapod and Blue Eye Extinction Land The Mothership at Relix Studio

George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Dopapod and Blue Eye Extinction Land The Mothership at Relix Studio

Photos by Kaitlyn Owings Yesterday, June 14, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Dopapod and Blue Eye Extinction stopped by the Relix Studio in New York City. The intimate performance took place and was livestreamed from the […]

Warner Chappell Announces Music Publishing Partnership with HartBeat

Warner Chappell Music HartBeat Music Publishing Partnership

Photo Credit: Trever Statz Warner Chappell Music has announced a music publishing partnership with Kevin Hart’s HARTBEAT. The first of its kin partnership will see WCM administering all music composition rights for the media company […]