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'Frighteningly of the moment': Steven Sater on his emperor Nero musical and turning JFK's assassination into a Greek tragedy
Before Spring Awakening won eight Tony awards in 2007, its dramatist and lyricist Steven Sater had “been struggling financially and professionally for quite a while,” he remembers. “Everyone said at the time: this is where it…
Tencent Music: An Asset-Light Platform That Is Absurdly Cheap (TME)
Music Related Services revenue has grown roughly 25% annually and now represents more than 80% of TME's business, with significantly better economics than the Social Entertainment division. Tencent Music's biggest competitive concern is Soda Music…
Asia Music Event reveals second wave of speakers from ADE, Live Nation Asia, and Lan Kwai Fong Group
Asia Music Event (AME) has announced its second wave of confirmed speakers, bringing together leading figures from Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), Live Nation, Wonderfruit, Lan Kwai Fong Group, Untitled Group, and Great Wall Festival. SCROLL TO…
Apple Music going deeper with its unique feature that all other music apps should get
iOS 27.3 beta is now out and available for curious users, and many have noticed that Apple Music has a new feature — Selfie Sing. Building on Apple Music's ability to isolate vocals and turn any song into a karaoke track, the Selfie Sing…
Nicole Taylor of country music trio Taylor Red dies at 35
Nicole Taylor, a member of the country music trio Taylor Red, has died after battling breast cancer for the past four years, according to her sisters and fellow bandmates. “We are shocked and heartbroken to announce the passing of our…
Adobe's Premiere mobile app is adding licensed music from 'leading artists'
Universal and Warner music groups are working with Adobe to provide a browsable library of fully licensed song clips. Universal and Warner music groups are working with Adobe to provide a browsable library of fully licensed song…
The Best Gifts for Music Lovers, According to Our Editors
Shopping for music lovers isn't an easy task. Music obsessives have a penchant for snobbery, which can make them some of the most difficult giftees to shop for come holiday season. Luckily for us here at Rolling Stone, music lovers are everywhere.
Puerto Rico's Next Big Music Movement Is Pop
Over the past year, a vibrant new pop movement has emerged in Puerto Rico, surging in popularity thanks to a growing class of young artists. Names like ROBI, Matt Louis, Melodie, and Karina Vélez have burst onto the scene and taken the sound…
Adobe teams up with Universal and Warner to bring popular music to Premiere mobile
Adobe Premiere mobile users will soon be able to add licensed music from two of the world's biggest music companies to their videos. Here are the details. Adobe today announced a partnership with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group that…
'Music is the most powerful way of connecting to what's happening': can this album change your mind about the climate crisis?
Amid tense and long-winded negotiations, and with the future of the planet at stake, emotions can often run high at Cop climate summits. But last year, when the annual conference arrived in Brazil, one UN official was unexpectedly moved to tears by…
3 Underground Punk Bands From the 80s That Changed Alternative Music Forever
It's safe to say we wouldn't have had the wave of alternative music of the 90s and beyond without the underground punk scenes of the 80s. Grunge was created directly out of the influence of definitive 80s punk bands, and it was grunge that pushed…
Cara & the Crowd bring world music jam to The Underground Lounge
BELFAST — Cara & the Crowd, the latest project of Maine songwriter and fiddler Cara Lauzon, will take the stage at The Underground Lounge at 17 Court St. in Belfast, on Saturday, Nov. 7. The group — best described as a world jam band…
New M&S chocolate box plays Christmas music and shoppers are rushing to buy one
Marks and Spencer has expanded its confectionery offering this year, launching a £15 showstopper. Every December, roughly half of all UK households stock up on sweet treats to share, sparking a fierce annual battle where Cadbury Heroes and…
Music showcase brings 100 St. Louis-based acts to Grand Center Arts District
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PC Music's Pop Crypt rave was an intergenerational hyperpop bonanza
It was the Thursday night before Halloweekend and every creature was stirring. Standing on the corner of 54th and Flushing, I could already feel the subwoofers pulsing through the ground as I approached Knockdown Center, where the London-based…
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