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rollingstone.com - Charisma Madarang - Lykke Li Wants to 'Unsubscribe' From the Music Industry's Status Quo
Lykke Li Wants to 'Unsubscribe' From the Music Industry's Status Quo
Rolling Stone

Lykke Li was sitting in her car and listening to the news when an apocalyptic feeling struck her. Maybe it was the suspiciously bright Los Angeles sun, but Li had the sudden feeling that she was in a spaceship watching the world unravel from afar.

vice.com - Caleb Catlin - Jermaine Dupri Is Calling On BET Following the News of Music Industry Icon Clive Davis' Death
Jermaine Dupri Is Calling On BET Following the News of Music Industry Icon Clive Davis' Death
VICE

Clive Davis had an undeniable impact on Black music in his career. He signed everyone from Sly & The Family Stone and Earth, Wind, & Fire to Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, and Alicia Keys. Rising record executives like Diddy and Jermaine Dupri…

kqed.org - How Will Artists Adapt to AI in the Music Industry? | KQED
How Will Artists Adapt to AI in the Music Industry? | KQED
KQED Inc

AI has big implications for labor in the music industry. So how are human artists adapting? Last month, the streaming platform Spotify added a new feature that allows users to generate their own AI remixes. With no signs of AI slowing down in the…

forbes.com - Ime Ekpo - Clive Davis Built A Career In Black Music. Why Was He The Gatekeeper?
Clive Davis Built A Career In Black Music. Why Was He The Gatekeeper?
Forbes

Clive Davis and Whitney Houston attend a press conference promoting the release of Houston's album 'My Love Is Your Love' at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 5, 1998. (Photo by Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images) Behind Clive Davis's…

standard.co.uk - Carla Feric - Tinie Tempah cites support of grassroots venues as 'motivation' for new music
Tinie Tempah cites support of grassroots venues as 'motivation' for new music
Evening Standard

Tinie Tempah said it would be “such a shame” to lose grassroots music venues, and cited his support for these spaces as a “motivation” for his latest projects. The rapper, 37, added that he hopes to “raise…

news4jax.com - Aleesia Hatcher - 'Life is music': Legendary DJ Bigga Rankin talks 30 years in the music industry, Jacksonville roots, what drives him
'Life is music': Legendary DJ Bigga Rankin talks 30 years in the music industry, Jacksonville roots, what drives him
WJXT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – DJ Bigga Rankin, widely regarded as a godfather of southern hip-hop, is marking 30 years in the music industry while preparing to scale back touring and focus on family and new projects. This story was condensed for…

theguardian.com - Tom Service - Making earwax melt and teeth rattle: the project returning music to our bodies
Making earwax melt and teeth rattle: the project returning music to our bodies
The Guardian

Professor Bettina Varwig wants to get us moving – and feeling, and listening, but primarily moving. The University of Cambridge academic says classical audiences today are “asked to leave our breathing, pulsing, feeling bodies at the…

mirror.co.uk - Steven Smith - I blamed hearing loss on music before urgent call from hospital
I blamed hearing loss on music before urgent call from hospital
Daily Mirror

A young woman who put her hearing loss down to blasting loud music through her earphones was left stunned when doctors revealed what it really was. Sophie Martin, 29, first noticed her earphones sounding quieter than usual, but thought nothing of…

elle.com - Erica Gonzales - How Ballet Became Pop Music's Latest Obsession
How Ballet Became Pop Music's Latest Obsession
ELLE

When ballerina Tiler Peck first got on a call with Olivia Rodrigo's team, she was overcome with relief. It wasn't just because she had landed an incredible gig, as a dancer and choreographer in one of Rodrigo's upcoming music videos; it was also…

pitchfork.com - Alfred Soto - Barry Walters Wants to Expand the Boundaries of Queer Music
Barry Walters Wants to Expand the Boundaries of Queer Music
Pitchfork

Assigned to review Pet Shop Boys ' debut album Please in the summer of 1986 for the Village Voice, journalist Barry Walters heard resonances unusual for the times. “The choice of font, the song subjects, everything about them spoke of…

afaqs.com - afaqs! news bureau - Eros launches AI music platform, partners with Mohammed Rafi family
Eros launches AI music platform, partners with Mohammed Rafi family
afaqs!

Eros Innovation has launched Eros Music Worlds, an AI-powered music platform, and announced a partnership with the family of playback singer Mohammed Rafi. The company said the platform will operate across music categories, including character-led…

timeout.com - Adam Feldman - Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical Warriors is coming to Broadway next spring
Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical Warriors is coming to Broadway next spring
Time Out

News Miranda and Eisa Davis's adaptation of the dystopian 1979 cult film will move from concept album to stage. Written by Adam Feldman Theater and Dance Editor, Time Out USA Warriors is on the march. Lin-Manuel Miranda's long-awaited…

pcmag.com - Lance Whitney - Unlock the Echo's Best Feature by Connecting Your Favorite Music Services
Unlock the Echo's Best Feature by Connecting Your Favorite Music Services
PCMag

Your Amazon Echo possesses a variety of skills, but its ability to play music is its most useful and enjoyable. The simplest way to play music on your Echo device is to listen through a music streaming service, though you can also listen to your…

sfgate.com - Dan Gentile - The surprising economics of an SF bar hosting live music 7 nights a week
The surprising economics of an SF bar hosting live music 7 nights a week
SFGATE

As a packed crowd sips freshly squeezed greyhounds under the mirrored ceiling of Club Deluxe, Mitch Polzak's rhinestone-studded suit sparkles in the light while he rips into the first guitar chord of a honky tonk stomper. The three-piece band tears…

koreatimes.co.kr - Pyo Kyung-min - [INTERVIEW] Indie musician ALEPH on making music in K-pop's shadow
[INTERVIEW] Indie musician ALEPH on making music in K-pop's shadow
The Korea Times

Ask singer-songwriter ALEPH where he writes his songs. He will not point you toward a studio. He will point you toward his bed. 'This is my office and my home,' the singer-songwriter said, sitting in the apartment that doubles as both, during an…

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