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Investing in Mental Health Will Create a More Sustainable and Profitable Music Industry (Guest Column)
The issue of mental health in the music industry, and the roles labels, management and other companies can play in helping to keep artists healthy, has been a point of contention for many years. This guest post advocates strongly for a more…
Can You Run the Music Industry without Musicians?
It's hard not to be impressed by online label Red Note Records—at least at first glance. The company launched on YouTube in November, and has already released more than two thousand recordings! The company is staunchly committed to the jazz…
Ella Langley Manages A First For Country Music In 2026
Ella Langley becomes the first artist to score multiple new No. 1 hits on Billboard's Country Airplay chart as 'Be Her' ascends to the throne. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 26: Ella Langley attends the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre…
Kim Wilde says touring with Michael Jackson made her want to quit music
Kim Wilde has revealed that touring with Michael Jackson at the height of his fame made her seriously consider leaving the music industry behind. The singer, who became one of the biggest pop stars of the 1980s after the success of her debut hit…
Summer music highlights of 2026
Summer is the time to enjoy live music, indoors and out. Scroll through our gallery of some of 2026's leading musical acts, featuring images by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton. Pictured: Bruce…
Seven Books That Will Change How You Listen to Music
Last February, I saw a concert that brought fresh meaning to the cliché “my soul left my body.” In a packed room at Radio City Music Hall, I sang the Swedish pop star Robyn 's hit “Dancing on My Own” along with…
The Pros and Cons of Using Music Therapy in Higher Education
Music has been used to foster therapeutic outcomes (i.e., connection, reflexivity) and enhance academic achievement among post-secondary students, particularly those in the social sciences, arts, and humanities, for decades. Increasingly, musical…
Girl, Interrupted review - mental health memoir reborn as patchy Aimee Mann-soundtracked musical
In 2021, the singer-songwriter Aimee Mann (perhaps best known, as a solo artist, for her contributions to the Paul Thomas Anderson film Magnolia) released an album called Queens of the Summer Hotel, a collection of somewhat narrative tunes inspired…
Volume Livehouse | Music in Din Daeng, Bangkok
What is it? A live house tucked up on the fifth floor of The Street Ratchada, built to give emerging artists a proper stage to grow. Line-ups mix fresh names with more established acts, so newer performers share space, swap audiences and learn the…
Suno is now worth $5.4 billion. But is AI music really becoming a mass-market behavior?
Welcome to Eye on AI, with AI reporter Sharon Goldman. In today's issue: The small business owners managing whole armies of AI employees… Meta keeps delaying the release of its new AI Model to developers…How courts are coping with a…
Music on the Mountain 2026
photo: David Gray @graypeakimages Over a beautiful weekend towards the tail end of Vermont's mud season, the picturesque Okemo Mountain Resort served as the home of the third annual Music on the Mountain festival. Presented by the Phoenix, whose…
Stocks to Watch: Broadcom, Universal Music, Quantinuum
↘️ Broadcom (AVGO): The semiconductor and software maker logged higher revenue in its latest quarter as demand for its AI chips accelerates. Still, shares slid more than 12% premarket after it issued guidance that failed to live up to…
The 20 Longest-Running Broadway Musicals That Didn't Win the Tony for Best Musical
Credits: Book, Music & Lyrics by David Hein and Irene Sankoff Lost Best Musical to: Dear Evan Hansen Notes: Come From Away is based on the events in the Newfoundland town of Gander during the week following the September 11 attacks, when 38 planes…
Stock Movers: Remy Cointreau, Abivax, Universal Music Group
Bloomberg journalists discuss today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market. Listen for analysis on the companies making news on Wall Street. Bloomberg journalists discuss today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market. Listen for…
The latest musical theatre reviews for the West End and beyond
Musicals Shaftesbury Avenue 3 out of 5 stars What is it? Avenue Q was a '00s musical theatre phenomenon, a profane, puppet-driven mash up of Sesame Street and Rent. Centring on young puppet Princeton, it follows the misadventure of him and the…
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