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Some dates casually pass through music history. May 28 seems more interested in leaving fingerprints everywhere. Across decades, the date delivered landmark album releases, major artist birt...
The jazz world is remembering a musician whose influence extended far beyond the piano bench. John Eaton, the acclaimed jazz pianist, composer, educator, and lifelong advocate for American m...
Bill Ackman’s massive bid for Universal Music Group just ran into what may be its biggest obstacle yet. And it might be a deal-b...
Some dates quietly exist on the calendar. May 27 apparently likes making noise. Across decades, the date delivered the birth of ro...
For an artist who practically rewrote the American Music Awards record book, this one was unexpected. Taylor Swift entered this ye...
Spotify is making one thing very clear: artificial intelligence is no longer a side experiment. It's becoming part of the platform...
Some dates quietly pass through music history. May 26 showed up carrying legendary albums, peace protests, immortal guitar riffs, ...
Jazz has lost one of its final towering architects. Legendary tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, widely regarded as one of the great...
For years, serious music production software came with a serious price tag. Building a virtual instrument collection often meant s...
There are artist signature pedals that feel like collectibles first and actual gear second. Then there are pedals that genuinely t...
The San Francisco Symphony is bringing two major performances into the digital era with a pair of new live recordings arriving thr...
For years, the music industry's future seemed obvious. Streaming won. Physical media lost. CDs became relics. Vinyl looked like no...
Drake continues expanding his massive ICEMAN era with the release of the official video for “National Treasures,” one of the m...
May 25 has delivered an unusually eclectic collection of moments across music history — spanning rock legends, chart milestones,...
The American Music Awards return tonight, bringing one of music's biggest annual events back to primetime as artists, fans, and vi...
Few figures in modern music history have managed to influence as many genres, artists, and eras as Rick Rubin. Some producers beco...
Some bands sound polished. Some bands sound carefully assembled. Some arrive with massive label campaigns and a perfectly packaged...
Before hip-hop ruled streaming charts, sold out stadiums, and became one of the most powerful forces in entertainment, it lived on...
Electronic music lost one of its defining architects this week with the death of Philipp Jung, the German DJ, producer, label foun...
Shakira and Burna Boy have released the music video for “Dai Dai,” bringing together pop spectacle, Afrobeats energy, and foot...
