Photo Credit: Spotify Royalty-collection platform Salt has inked a decade-long deal with the Netherlands’ Buma/Stemra and announced the acquisition of Björn Ulvaeus’ Session. London-based Salt, which bills itself as “a next-generation music society back-office SaaS […]
Photo Credit: Fausto Sandoval Reactional Music has reached an agreement with Hipgnosis Song Management. Here’s the latest. Reactional Music’s patented technology allows any music to be brought into a game—with the entire game reacting live […]
Photo Credit: James Kovin musicFIRST and Future of Music Coalition file joint comments to the FCC, voicing support for continued limits on FM ownership to preserve ownership diversity, viewpoint diversity, and localism. musicFIRST, a voice […]
Towards January’s end, after its CEO kicked off 2023 by touting the perceived potential of “artist-centric” music platforms, Universal Music Group (UMG) partnered with Tidal “to explore an innovative new economic model” for streaming. Now, […]
Trombone Shorty leads a binational jam session with music students from New Orleans and Havana. Debbie Elliott/NPR hide caption toggle caption Debbie Elliott/NPR Trombone Shorty leads a binational jam session with music students from New […]
Photo Credit: Jonathan Anderson / Instagram Rihanna may not get paid a dime for her Super Bowl performance, but the exposure generated if off the charts. Rihanna took to the stage for the first time […]
Photo Credit: YouTube Creator Music YouTube has opened its Creator Music licensing marketplace to all YouTube Partner Program members in the United States. Here’s how it works. YouTube first announced the program in September 2022 […]
This year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees have been announced, presenting us with a wide array of genres and pop culture eras. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame celebrates all music, celebrating […]
From Aretha Franklin to Lenny Kravitz, Stacker takes a tour through 25 of the most celebrated outfits worn over 50 years of the Grammys. – David Crotty/Patrick McMullan // Getty Images Sofia Voss While the […]
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. […]
It was definitely a night to remember for all music lovers in Miami! With incredible performances from some of our favorite artists, the iHeartRadio Y100’s Jingle Ball did not disappoint this year. Anitta, who recently […]
Crate Digging is a recurring feature in which we take a deep dive into a genre and turn up several albums all music fans should know about. In this edition, IDLES guitarist Mark Bowen shares […]
Photo Credit: Jamakassi Vinyl sales in the United States have reached highs not seen since 1991 thanks to the holidays. Data from Luminate shows that 2.32 million vinyl albums were sold in the week ending […]
London Grammar’s Hannah Reid is “really proud” to have overcome stage fright. The ‘Strong’ singer – who is joined in the band by Dan Rothman and Dominic ‘Dot’ Major’ – has spoken openly in the […]
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 […]
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”, […]
Kristin Hayter will retire her beloved experimental project Lingua Ignota in early 2023. Known for composing bracing, cross-genre epics, Hayter said the decision would promote her mental health and prevent her from being “mired in […]
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 […]
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 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. […]