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R.I.P.: Canadian Music Industry Legend Donald K. Tarlton Passes Away at Age 82
A genuine Canadian music business legend has died. Montreal concert promoter, record producer and label head Donald K. Tarlton, more commonly known as Donald K. Donald, has passed at the age of 82. The news was confirmed yesterday (April 13) by CTV…
Modern Headphones Track More Than Just Music. Make Sure Your Privacy Is Protected.
Many of the headphones we test for our guide to the best workout earbuds and headphones can monitor and track health-related activities, and any data being shared with the accompanying app is subject to that manufacturer's privacy policy. This…
Gigs turns your concert history into a personal live music archive
People always hold up their phones to record special moments at concerts, but they often never revisit those videos. Gigs, a new concert-tracking app launching this week, wants to change that. The iOS app helps live music fans turn their years of…
Mother Mary' and 5 other films, TV series mixing music and horror
April 17 (UPI) -- Mother Mary, a new psychological thriller film starring Anne Hathaway as a famous pop star, opens in theaters Friday. The movie follows singer Mary (Hathaway) and costume designer Sam (Michaela Coel), estranged best friends who…
Wayne McGregor: 'Dance is like music - it opens channels of perception
Wayne McGregor thinks about bodies. All choreographers do, it's their raw material – but McGregor really thinks about bodies. His dance works have expanded expectations of what ballet and modern dance can do – brain and body working…
2026 Music Sustainability Summit Recap: 9 Actions the Industry Can Take Right Now
In a conversation about the road ahead for sustainability in live music, Live Nation's director of global sustainability, Lucy August-Perna, advised that it's wrong to assume vendors don't care about sustainability. Moreso, it's that — from…
AI music is booming, and the player piano saw it coming
Recent research suggests listeners often struggle to distinguish music made by artificial intelligence from human-made songs—a sign that the technology has moved past novelty and into serious business. In late February Suno, an AI music…
Women in Music Nonprofit Reveals Best Places to Work Honorees
Live Nation, SiriusXM, Symphonic Distribution, Music Business Association, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Publishing and more have been named standout companies for women in music. The latest edition of WIM Best Places To Work — the study…
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[Interview] Snow J of Cheerful Music dives into the cross cultural intersection of AI and music - EARMILK
Acclaimed record label Cheerful Music appeared in a key panel discussion at SXSW, in Austin, Texas in March discussing music-making trends in the AI era. The panel discussion diving into East x West: Cross Cultural AI Trends In Music Production…
RAYE Dazzles New York's Radio City Music Hall With This Tour May Contain New Music: 7 Best Moments
Few people are having a better 2026 than RAYE. Just two months after receiving the Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Grammy Award for her harrowing 2023 testimonial, “Ice Cream Man,” the London pop sensation unveiled her…
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Coachella 2026 wasn't just a music festival; it was a brand universe
Coachella has always been more than a music festival. But in 2026, it felt less like a concert and more like a fully immersive brand universe, one where the music, almost ironically, wasn't always the main event. Held annually in California's…
Ella Langley Reveals the Unexpected Inspiration for 'Choosin' Texas' | Billboard Women In Music 2026
Billboard Woman In Music Powerhouse Award recipient Ella Langley talks about the incredible moment her music started reaching new heights and why she believes women are about to take over the music industry. After seeing the success of her song…
Thalia Reveals the Career-Defining Moment That Left Her in Tears | Billboard Women In Music 2026
Billboard Women in Music 2026 Icon Award recipient Thalia talks about the heartache that helped shape her career, her lifelong love for cumbia music and what it means to receive the Billboard Women in Music Icon Award. She also breaks down her huge…
Apple Music outage makes service unavailable to some users
Apple's System Status page confirms an ongoing Apple Music outage that is making the service unavailable or slow for some users. Here are the details. According to Apple's System Status page, an Apple Music outage has been affecting users since…
John Travolta and other celebrities are on the Gulf Coast filming a new musical
Imagine walking down the streets of a sleepy beachside town along the Gulf Coast and bumping into superstar John Travolta. That's what many locals in the town of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, have encountered this April, as a new film called…
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