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How To Tell If Your Favorite Music Artist Is AI-Generated
Woman wears headphones while sitting at home with her laptop. One signal that can serve as a starting point to tell if a music artist is AI if there is repeated chart success at low actual sales volume, and popularity grew oddly fast. You've…
Grab your Stetsons! How country music is taking over the UK
“There's a certain magic with country music in the UK right now,” says Anna-Sophie Mertens, smiling in hi-vis from the build at State Fayre, the UK's newest festival for country fans. It is located in Chelmsford but styled like the…
Global Streaming Transforms Music, But Faces Duopoly And AI Fraud
Streaming has globalised the entertainment industry, enabling artists like Diljit Dosanjh and Arijit Singh to reach diverse international audiences. After a significant decline, global music revenues have rebounded, reaching nearly $32 billion in…
The best plays and musicals in London (and beyond) to book in 2026
War Horse, back at the National Theatre almost two decades after its premiere, has lost none of its power, while Kenneth Branagh is casting a spell in Stratford-upon-Avon as Prospero in The Tempest. Further ahead, the year promises some thrilling…
New Irish music mag leading cassette tape revival
‘MUSIC worth talking about' – that's the tagline for BLAB, a new quarterly magazine promoting the best in Irish alternative music. This is also music you can feel. BLAB comes with a small plastic rectangle that has magnetic tape and…
Ryan Beatty on Writing 'Sweet Fortune,' Winning Grammys With Beyoncé, and Making Healing Music
“In the past, I would really fight against this,” he tells me, “this” being an interview. “Putting out music is such a vulnerable thing,” the 30-year-old singer-songwriter explains. “I loved making…
Panama's sexiest fan starred in music video and made bold England prediction
JACKY GUZMAN is a glamorous Panama fan ready to cheer on her nation against England at the World Cup. Panama are appearing at just their second ever tournament, but have already been eliminated before Saturday night's clash. Your info will be used…
Here We Go Again?! The Future Of Taylor Swift's Master Recordings After Music Catalog Sale!
Just when it seemed like Taylor Swift had finally closed the book on one of the biggest battles of her career, a brand-new music industry deal has fans asking a very familiar question: could another chapter in the messy music masters saga be…
Free music series continue next week
Free concert series will continue in Sequim and Port Angeles next week. Venues and the concert lineups include: • Sequim Music in the Park Olympic Express Big Band will perform from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the bandshell at Carrie Blake…
This Grammy Winner Says 'Every Artist Has Horror Stories' Dealing With the Late Clive Davis and Other Music Execs
While many people have fond memories of and compliments for the late Clive Davis, others aren't necessarily mourning him. Artists like TLC have had to essentially hold him hostage to get the money they deserved. People feel particularly sour about…
The hidden factory shaping Melbourne's music culture
Above a circular foyer wrapped in overlapping posters of music legends, a framed photograph of one, Michael Gudinski, hangs alone in the corner of a hallway. The Mushroom Records co-founder, whom Jimmy Barnes called “the heart of Australian…
Gunman shot boy, 15, to death at music festival in park
A rapper who shot a 15-year-old boy to death at a music festival in Ladbroke Grove has been found guilty of murder. Aderahman Boumzough, 25, fired a single shot into Rene Graham's chest at Emslie Horniman's Pleasance Park on July 21, 2024. CCTV…
Pianist Cho Seong-jin's steady path to musical greatness
In Korea's classical music scene, Cho Seong-jin has become a brand in his own right. When he was still in his 20s, he swept the country's three most prestigious classical music honors — the Samsung Ho-Am Prize in the Arts, the Grand Prize at…
Johnny Gill marks 43 years in music, talks new single & living in the moment
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH-TV) — Johnny Gill, the celebrated singer and two-time Grammy Award nominee, joined WISH-TV this week to discuss his 43-year career in music and his latest single, “A Dance, A Kiss.” The appearance coincides…
Bizarrap & Myke Towers' 'BZRP Music Session #42/66,' More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music Release This Week
This week, Billboard's New Music Friday Guide: Latin roundup — curated with key recommendations by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors — features a number of new songs and albums, including Bizarrap and Myke Towers'…
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