Beyonce leaves the Luar fashion show at 154 Scott in Brooklyn during New York Fashion Week on February 13, 2024 in New York City. James Devaney | GC Images | Getty Images Country music, meet Cowboy Carter. Superstar singer-songwriter Beyoncé Knowles is foraying into country music — taking on a genre that has excluded women … Read more
U.S. House representatives Rashida Tlaib and Jamaal Bowman have introduced to Congress a new bill aiming to boost streaming royalties for artists. The Living Wage for Musicians Act would create a new payment system, the Artist Compensation Royalty Fund, that circumvents record labels and other intermediaries, funneling listeners’ money directly to artists. Tlaib said in … Read more
The Venice Biennale, often dubbed the “Olympics of the art world” for its long tradition of showcasing talent from across the globe, opens its 60th International Art Exhibition on April 20—but not without controversy: more than 8,700 artists and cultural workers have demanded that Israel be excluded from taking part in the world’s biggest art … Read more
The K-pop comebacks for March 2024 feature a star-studded lineup of artists, including BTS J-Hope, NCT Dream, Red Velvet’s Wendy, and more. After an exciting February that saw Cha Eun-Woo’s solo debut with Entity, IU’s much-awaited comeback with the new album, The Winning, and Le Sserafim’s Easy, fans are now gearing up for March, which … Read more
Last Monday, I discovered Walter the Producer, a Boston-based indie musician. His music isn’t on any of the playlists I follow, and he has less than 150,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. If I hadn’t searched for his song on Shazam while I was 2,000 miles away from home in a brewery in Phoenix, I probably … Read more
Here on The Beatles Channel (Ch. 18), we ain’t got nothing but love for our listeners, eight days a week. That’s why we’ve created a show where your votes determine the playlist.Welcome to 8 Songs a Week! Each week, listeners can vote for their favorites from a list of songs by John, Paul, George, and Ringo — … Read more
Usher is getting ready to take the stage at the 2024 Super Bowl! The 45-year-old singer will perform during halftime at the NFL’s biggest game on Sunday, February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. During an appearance on Good Morning America on Friday (February 2), Usher told fans what to expect from his halftime … Read more
Universal Music Group wiping their songs from TikTok is going to hurt the label’s smaller artists the most … so says a musician who saw the app elevate his own artistic brand. Mareux had his 2015 cover of The Cure’s “The Perfect Girl” go viral in 2021 and it vaulted him to a Coachella performance … Read more
TikTok sounds a little different this week. On Feb. 1, many users woke up to discover the music from videos they made or watched had been removed due to a dispute between TikTok and Universal Music Group. Those videos were muted, even if only a few seconds of the song by the UMG artist was … Read more
Intentionally poisoning someone else is never morally right. But if someone in the office keeps swiping your lunch, wouldn’t you resort to petty vengeance? For artists, protecting work from being used to train AI models without consent is an uphill battle. Opt-out requests and do-not-scrape codes rely on AI companies to engage in good faith, … Read more