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What Our Music Critic Is Listening To
Today's a big day for the popheads: Olivia Rodrigo's new single, “ Drop Dead,” is out. It's her first release since 2024, and the first song off her forthcoming album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.” The…
KC Sen: The forgotten Indian architect of Kolkata's western music scene
Sen Family Archive/Author's Collection In 1940s Calcutta (now Kolkata), as Japanese air raids rattled the city, a group of musicians travelled by horse carriage to a recording studio, dodging sirens. The building was exposed, its only defence…
Modern Headphones Track More Than Just Music. Make Sure Your Privacy Is Protected.
Many of the headphones we test for our guide to the best workout earbuds and headphones can monitor and track health-related activities, and any data being shared with the accompanying app is subject to that manufacturer's privacy policy. This…
Gigs turns your concert history into a personal live music archive
People always hold up their phones to record special moments at concerts, but they often never revisit those videos. Gigs, a new concert-tracking app launching this week, wants to change that. The iOS app helps live music fans turn their years of…
Mother Mary' and 5 other films, TV series mixing music and horror
April 17 (UPI) -- Mother Mary, a new psychological thriller film starring Anne Hathaway as a famous pop star, opens in theaters Friday. The movie follows singer Mary (Hathaway) and costume designer Sam (Michaela Coel), estranged best friends who…
Wayne McGregor: 'Dance is like music - it opens channels of perception
Wayne McGregor thinks about bodies. All choreographers do, it's their raw material – but McGregor really thinks about bodies. His dance works have expanded expectations of what ballet and modern dance can do – brain and body working…
2026 Music Sustainability Summit Recap: 9 Actions the Industry Can Take Right Now
In a conversation about the road ahead for sustainability in live music, Live Nation's director of global sustainability, Lucy August-Perna, advised that it's wrong to assume vendors don't care about sustainability. Moreso, it's that — from…
AI music is booming, and the player piano saw it coming
Recent research suggests listeners often struggle to distinguish music made by artificial intelligence from human-made songs—a sign that the technology has moved past novelty and into serious business. In late February Suno, an AI music…
The Vampire Lestat Teases 'There's Nothing to Prove': New Music?
Posted in: AMC, TV | Tagged: The Vampire Lestat AMC's The Vampire Lestat dropped a mini-teaser, teasing that 'There's nothing to prove.' Also, check out Lestat promoting pomegranate Juice. AMC's The Vampire Lestat drops a mysterious 'There's…
Inside 'Playback,' a Rare SAG-Affiliated Microdrama With a Musical Spin | Exclusive
Scott Brown's Second Rodeo is pushing the boundaries of vertical storytelling with its latest project, “Playback,” a musical series and one of the first SAG-signatory microdrama productions. The production became SAG-signatory after…
Women in Music Nonprofit Reveals Best Places to Work Honorees
Live Nation, SiriusXM, Symphonic Distribution, Music Business Association, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Publishing and more have been named standout companies for women in music. The latest edition of WIM Best Places To Work — the study…
[Interview] Snow J of Cheerful Music dives into the cross cultural intersection of AI and music - EARMILK
Acclaimed record label Cheerful Music appeared in a key panel discussion at SXSW, in Austin, Texas in March discussing music-making trends in the AI era. The panel discussion diving into East x West: Cross Cultural AI Trends In Music Production…
Crestwood music store taps growing market for recycled guitars, strings
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RAYE Dazzles New York's Radio City Music Hall With This Tour May Contain New Music: 7 Best Moments
Few people are having a better 2026 than RAYE. Just two months after receiving the Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Grammy Award for her harrowing 2023 testimonial, “Ice Cream Man,” the London pop sensation unveiled her…
Ella Langley Reveals the Unexpected Inspiration for 'Choosin' Texas' | Billboard Women In Music 2026
Billboard Woman In Music Powerhouse Award recipient Ella Langley talks about the incredible moment her music started reaching new heights and why she believes women are about to take over the music industry. After seeing the success of her song…
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