Music Industry News
A collection of Music latest news, analysis and best practices from top business influencers and the world's most trustworthy sources.
Ever feel like a music outsider? Here's a guide to industry jargon
I hate jargon, technical terms used only by insiders. Jargon is, by its very nature, exclusionary. If you don't know the language, the codes and the usage rules, you are locked out of the discussion and denied any meaningful analysis and input.
BBC legend horrified after accidentally insulting huge star's music to his face
BBC Radio 2 legend Sally Traffic, whose real name is Sally Boazman, was left red-faced after Damian Lewis caught her insulting his music. Band of Brothers and Homeland star Damian, 55, has embarked on a career in music in recent years after being a…
Electric music for an electric arm: Miller's entrance an immediate hit
SAN DIEGO -- The Padres named Mason Miller their closer last month, the latest in a long tradition of elite closers in San Diego. And any elite closer deserves an elite closer entrance. Miller debuted his on Saturday night. Entering the ninth…
Beloved country music club closes in tiny Texas town
The end has come early for a Central Texas country music club, which is closing its doors after just three years in business. Duett's Texas Club in Martindale, about 35 miles south of Austin, officially said goodbye Saturday with a noon-to-midnight…
How Australia's largest music school disintegrated
Suburban music schools have not historically been fertile ground for Silicon Valley-inspired entrepreneurs, but the Stormer brothers saw an opportunity. “We are here to make our world a more musical place,” Blue Mountains classical…
Heavy Healing' Doc Spotlights the Healing Powers of Heavy Music
Us metalheads, goths, punks, and emos: we BEEN known this. Just look back at all the arguments we've gotten into with our parents as teens—the music we listened to helped (and still does) help us, even if some of it sounds like literal…
Raye reveals plan to not release any new music until major life event happens
RAYE is on course to have her first No1 album this Friday with This Music May Contain Hope – but it may be the last record you get from her for a while. The Where Is My Husband! singer insists she won't release another album until she falls…
8 Musicals That Are as Good as 'KPop Demon Hunters
Since its release in 2025, Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans 's KPop Demon Hunters has become a true cultural phenomenon around the globe. With a story inspired by Korean mythology, K-pop, and anime, and a stellar soundtrack to go with it, the…
Rich, white and attending music festivals: Who police pick to avoid court
Music festival attendees, cocaine users and the affluent were among the few beneficiaries of a scheme designed to divert low-level drug users away from the courts, as police use diversion powers in less than 10 per cent of cases, research has…
On the Masakowski Family's new 'Two Worlds,' music is passed through the generations
New Orleans guitarist Steve Masakowski performed with pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. often over the years. For a time, they had a duo gig at Tyler's Beer Garden on Magazine Street, and Marsalis was the featured pianist on Masakowski's 1991 album…
Fans Choose Melanie Martinez's 'HADES' as This Week's Favorite New Music
HADES, the new album from Melanie Martinez, tops this week's fan-voted music poll. Fans voted in a poll published Friday (March 27) on Billboard, choosing the alt-pop artist's latest LP as their favorite new release of the week. HADES leads the…
15 Musical Recording Mistakes That Stayed in Famous Songs
In his 1972 breakout hit 'Ain't No Sunshine,' Bill Withers says, ' I know ' 26 times in a row. This is because he ran out of lyrics while he was recording the song and realized it only during the session. Then unknown and of limited financial…
The 10 Greatest Musicals of the Last 75 Years, Ranked
Music has been a key part of entertainment throughout the entirety of human history. As such, as soon as sound became a part of the motion pictures, music didn't take long at all to show up. In fact, the very first talkie that won Best Picture at…
Every Song Played During the Eric Prydz & Swedish House Mafia Reunion at Ultra Music Festival 2026
Miami Music Week, a dance industry party marathon fueled by adrenaline, alcohol and passed apps, got an extra jolt of excitement with the Friday (March 27) announcement that Swedish House Mafia ‘s Saturday night set on the Ultra Music…
A Sondheim musical with just one actor? Oakland Theater Project triumphs again
The prospect of a solo musical might sound like a lot of high-speed windshield wiping: constant swiveling back and forth to play multiple characters in a dialogue or duet. Perhaps unavoidably, there's plenty of that in Oakland Theater Project's…
Receive a Daily briefing on Music Industry News
Get Started