Fuerza Regida talks about Mexican music’s place in the Grammy race

Fuerza Regida

Jesús Ortiz Paz, singer of the San Bernardino-born música Mexicana band Fuerza Regida, is relentless about winning every possible fan. From throwing album-release beach parties to playing gigs at high schools, winging drive-by sets on […]

Amazon Music’s Festival Livestreams Maintain the Magic

Amazon Music's Festival Livestreams Maintain the Magic

It’s one thing to witness the astounding rise of an artist like Chappell Roan in person at a music festival, where you stand in a mass of pink cowboy hats and can hear the crowd […]

Irving Azoff and his son Jeffrey manage some of music’s biggest stars

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It says something about Irving Azoff’s sense of humor — not to mention his legendary sense of self — that when the veteran music industry executive started a label of his own in 1990, he […]

Apple Music’s Top 100 Albums List Upsets Many Music Fans

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getty image / istockphoto composite Apple Music released a list of its Top 100 Albums on Wednesday and many, MANY music fans were very upset by who was at the top, and who was missing […]

Tom Krell of How to Dress Well Is Pop Music’s Resident Philosopher

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Tom Krell of How to Dress Well, photographed by Sean Stout. This is SOUND ADVICE, a weekly destination for playlists curated by Interview’s friends, enemies, and lovers. Over the past few weeks, we’ve gathered playlists from […]

Stagecoach 2024: Stacy Vee on country music’s moment in the sun

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Country music waxes and wanes in its influence on the broader industry, but this year, it’s been absolutely dominant. For instance: Morgan Wallen topping streaming charts, Beyoncé’s landmark “Cowboy Carter,” Luke Combs and Tracy Chapman’s […]

10 takeaways from music’s biggest night (Taylor’s version) : NPR

10 takeaways from music's biggest night (Taylor's version) : NPR

Taylor Swift poses with Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus of boygenius after the 66th annual Grammy Awards. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images […]

Why 1984 Is Pop Music’s Greatest Year

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What was the greatest decade in pop music? Well, we think that’s easily the ’60s. Motown, the Beatles, and psychedelic rock, are all game-changing moments in popular music. But the greatest single year in pop […]

‘We were working like crazy’: the studio players behind music’s A-list | Music

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At the start of the 70s, a new musical term came into vogue – “the singer-songwriter.” It referred to a swelling wave of stars that included James Taylor, Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne, […]

After ‘Emin-AI-em’ Backlash, David Guetta Says AI Is Music’s Future

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Photo Credit: Sebastiaan Stam David Guetta created a rave hit featuring an AI-generated Eminem rap-a-like. He’s facing a lot of backlash over the use of AI—but he says it’s the future of music like every […]

Nile Rodgers and Otis Williams on Black Music’s Revolution – Rolling Stone

Nile Rodgers and Otis Williams on Black Music’s Revolution – Rolling Stone

In Episode Three of Hulu’s The 1619 Project, narrator and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones argues that Black Americans have, and still do, create and transform America’s musical landscape. In between a narrative arc examining […]