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Music Industry Moves: T.J. Martell Gala Honoring Red Light Founder Coran Capshaw Raises Over $3.2 Million for Cancer Research; Freddy Wexler Launches Label
The T.J. Martell Foundation raised more than $3.2 million for cancer research at its annual New York Honors Gala on Sept. 15 — the most the event has raised in more than two decades. Red Light Management founder Coran Capshaw was presented…
Streaming Is Booming, but Local Music Scenes Pay the Price | Opinion
Music has never traveled farther or faster. A song created in a bedroom can reach listeners across continents within hours, while streaming has effectively placed decades of recorded music in our pockets. The business is thriving, too. According to…
Could Sheffield be the next UNESCO City of Music?
Sheffield should seek to gain UNESCO City of Music status to celebrate its 'rich musical heritage', a report has said. University of Sheffield researchers said the city had more than 120 music venues, supporting 2,100 equivalent full-time jobs -…
Sony Music and UMG say Suno's new models still violates their copyright
Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group (UMG) are suing AI music generator Suno for allegedly infringing on their copyright with its newest v6 models, Variety reports. The claim challenges the story Suno has generally told about its…
UMG, Sony Music File Second Lawsuit Against Suno Over AI Music Generator's New Model
Universal Music Group and Sony Music Group have filed a second copyright infringement lawsuit against AI music generation platform Suno, alleging that the company's recently released v6 model — which Suno said is trained exclusively on…
British rapper Sway dies aged 44 as music world pays tribute
Pioneering British rapper Sway, whose real name was Derek Safo, has died at the age of 44, prompting widespread tributes from across the music industry. Sway made history in 2005 when he became the first independent artist without a released debut…
Making A Digital Music Player For Cassette Decks
In the cross-over between the era of tapes into that of MP3s, you'd see quite a few of those special cassette tapes that were actually digital music players inside. Some simply provided a 3.5 mm input, while others were complete MP3 players or…
Contest: Win Tickets to BILL PAY THE MUSICAL on Broadway
BroadwayWorld is giving away a pair of tickets to Bill Pay The Musical on Friday, September 25, 2026, at the Broadhurst Theatre. One lucky winner will win two tickets to the one-night-only fully staged, original Broadway musical comedy celebrating…
FAMA, Louis Cheung among stars bringing live music to Hong Kong airport
Commercial Radio 903's travel show Sik Ga Hong Kong Air (西加航空) has moved to Hong Kong International Airport's Terminal 2 for an eight-week special, featuring live music, travel games and guest performers. SCROLL TO…
Country music star pulled her Bible into bed with her to get through divorce
Accustomed to performing under the bright lights of concert halls as well as TV studios during her time as a finalist on 'The Voice,' country music star Karen Waldrup of Nashville never anticipated the darkness and despair that would accompany a…
The Musical': How Giselle Bonilla transmuted her theater-kid years into a bold dark comedy
With a boisterous laugh, Giselle Bonilla recalls her introduction to Hollywood at the age of 12: on the set of “Freedom Writers,” the 2007 drama about at-risk high school students in Long Beach. She played a young version of Eva, one…
Children are asked how they 'feel' listening to classical music. Their responses are so insightful.
Out of the mouths of babes come raw and honest opinions. So artists shouldn't ask children what they think of their work if they can't stand the critique. Luckily, the musicians/composers recently presented to a group of young kids aren't around…
North Shore music legend Paula Cole unearths 63 early recordings going back to her Berklee days
Call it a portrait of the artist as a young woman. Shortly after the death of her former boyfriend and Berklee classmate Mark Hutchins in '21, Paula Cole started digging through old shoeboxes of tapes and recordings in her Beverly home. The Grammy…
We need space to feel over it': How Kelela became alt-music's ultimate truth teller
We're hunkered down in a dark stairwell on the side of a hotel facing a busy street in Hollywood. To passersby, we could easily be mistaken for two teenagers hiding in the shadows. In reality, I'm sitting with Kelela, the electronic R&B architect…
HEATED RIVALRY: THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY Adds Student Rush Tickets
Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody has announced a new student rush policy, adding $39 in-person student rush tickets in addition to the production's existing digital lottery. The new ticket option was announced on the production's…
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