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Omega Auctions will open the doors to a vault of music history on September 15, 2026, in Merseyside. The auction will feature more than 300 items from the personal archive of Lindsay Brown, ...
Aitana’s “Superestrella” has taken the U.S. charts by storm, leaping from number 19 to the top spot on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs list in the week of 8 August 2026. The climb, power...
When BTS announced it would not submit its 2026 comeback album Arirang for the Grammys, the Recording Academy was forced to look a...
On 19 August 2026, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) announced that violinist Wonhee Bae will assume the position of ...
Dina Dove, a 2022 graduate of UCLA’s music history and industry program, has emerged as a distinctive voice in the pop‑rock la...
Kim Mi‑hyun—stage name Mimi and the main rapper of South Korean girl group Oh My Girl—announced her first solo single, "Bish...
On August 20 2026 at 6 p.m. local time, South‑Korean singer‑songwriter And Young dropped her latest digital single, “2km,”...
On Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, Minneapolis opened a mile‑long corridor of live music, christening it the Minneapolis Mile of Music...
On August 19, 2026, Utah‑based startup Quantizr announced that it has closed a $5 million seed round, a milestone that could cha...
Hunter Williams has spent the last decade and a half building touring careers for a wide range of artists in Nashville, from elect...
On 24 September 2026 the Cathedral Quarter in Belfast hosted Output Belfast, the country’s biggest one‑day music conference. T...
The Folk Alliance International (FAI) has officially announced its 39th annual conference, scheduled to unfold from January 27 to ...
On Wednesday, the U.S. government revealed that Nigerian and Kenyan musicians lose more than $286 million in recorded‑music roya...
On August 13, 2026, Aaliyah’s second studio album, One In A Million, celebrated its 30th anniversary, the same day it first appe...
The Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) will run from 16 to 25 October 2026, presenting more than 550 artists from 18 cou...
The latest Thursday’s Radar roundup, published by Happy Mag on 19 August 2026, highlights a spectrum of new indie releases that ...
NewSong Music has opened the doors for its 25th annual songwriting competition, inviting artists from North America and beyond to ...
On July 20 2026, SOCAN, the Canadian performance‑rights organization that represents more than 175,000 songwriters, composers an...
Rihanna has confirmed she is recording a new studio project, the first since her 2016 album Anti, after her partner A$AP Rocky pub...
