"This is music that sounds like Dublin feels. Chatten’s heavily accented vocals play a part; there are references to specific areas, pubs and landmarks, plus a cast of characters who populate the songs. But there is something more than just portraits. The rough production and rickety rhythms conjure familiar Dublin moods: bustling markets, rain-streaked cobblestones […]
American pop singer Halsey spoke of her experience of being homeless revealing that there was a time she had to consider prostitution to get money for food. She gave her speech Saturday night at the annual Ending Youth Homelessness: A Benefit For My Friend’s Place in Hollywood, where she was an honoree as a teen […]
Kacey Musgraves won the award for Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2019 Academy of Country Music Awards, breaking Miranda Lambert's nine-year winning streak for Female Vocalist. Musgraves' Grammy-winning 'Golden Hour' also earned her Album of the Year. Keith Urban snagged the prestigious Entertainer of the Year honour, while Dan + Shay were triple […]
Grimes has recently changed her name to "c", because of her relationship with Elon Musk, saying “you just have to totally untether your personality from your public persona”. C, real name Claire Boucher, told Cultured magazine "I don’t want to use that name anymore. I don’t want to use that face anymore. Because it now […]
Last night Thom Yorke had first in a series of live shows in support of a new classical composition called 'Don't Fear the Light'. The premiere staging took place at the Philharmonie de Paris, and featured Yorke alongside piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque and The National’s Bryce Dessner. Along with the premier of 'Don't […]
Billie Eilish comes to the top of Billboard 200 chart with her debut LP 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' with 313,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 4. It is the second-largest week of 2019 for any album, only Ariana Grande sold more, Billboard reports. […]
Newly-married Justin Bieber published a pregnancy-themed April Fool's joke, which many found funny, others branded the star "shameful" and "disgusting". Bieber apologised clarifying that he "didn't mean at all to be insensitive to people who can't have children", and that it was "'APRIL FOOLS'". Dr Pamela Rutledge, director of the US-based Media Psychology Research Center, […]
At only 22 Duki sold out a show at Luna Park -- one of Argentina's most prominent venues, he was headliner of Buenos Aires Trap, the biggest Latin trap festival, he is the first El Quinto Escalón freestyler to reach 1 million views with his own song, and also the first Argentine trapper to do […]
On Cameo.com users pay celebrities - actors, athletes, models, musicians, influencers, YouTubers, wrestlers, drag queens - to record personalized video messages. Ice-T charges $300 for a message, Hannibal Buress $300, Stormy Daniels $250, Sean Astin $150, Brett Favre $500, and Lance Bass $199, and now they have Ariel Pink. He charges $100. Stereogum...
All Hip Hop reports how South Central LA gangs are unifying and showing solidarity after Nipsey Hussle's mured - 60's, Hoovas, ETG's, Bloods, Cribs, FTG, Bounty Hunters, Mona Parks, Brims, Pirus, Gangstas, Deuces got together and made a group photo. "Just some of these hoods in the same building is POWERFUL! Trying to use Their […]
"Until recently, English was its lingua franca, and to sing in any other language relegated an artist to the second tier, successful only in their own region, unless they had a rare border-crossing novelty hit. But in 2018 a bubbling linguistic pot came to the boil when worldwide breakthroughs by the K-pop boybands BTS and […]
Michael Jackson's family has published a new documtenary exploring the other side of allegations made in HBO's 'Leaving Neverland', where two of his children-friends accused him of sexual abuse. The YouTube film is presented by Australian journalist Liam McEwan, who interviews figures such as Michael’s nephew Taj – who directly addresses the allegations of abuse […]
Beyoncé would be partnering with Adidas for her own athleisure line, choosing the German sports company over a number of other sneaker companies, Spin reports. Beyoncé walked out of Reebok’s pitch meeting because none of the members of the team who would potentially be working with her on her line reflected her own background and […]
Billie Eilish's new album 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' debuts at No. 1 at U.K. album chart, becoming the youngest-ever female artist to top the U.K. chart. Her album sold in 48,000 units. At 17 years, three months and 18 days old, she is two months and ten days younger than […]
"RBMA came closer than most to realising the best of what a brand-funded music platform could achieve. It's clear that its staff and contributors cared deeply about the creative cultures fostered within it; light-touch branding, and funding divorced from click rates or advertising imperatives, enabled that culture to exist as an end in itself... We […]
“As a person, Jerry is very questionable. But you’re not paying tribute to the person, you’re paying tribute to the performer" says Jerry Lee Lewis tribute performer Peter Gill in an article by The Guardian about tribute acts. CJ, one of the UK’s leading Michael Jackson impersonators, feels that what's going on with Jackson now […]
Cardi B leads the 2019 Billboard Music Awards nominations, bagging 21 nods, including some top categories - Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Hot 100 Song, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Rap Artist, Top Rap Female Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, and Top Billboard 200 Album for her debut record 'Invasion of Privacy'. Drake and […]
Mexican pop singer Sofia Reyes has a new single, 'R.I.P.', a vibrant, infectious slice of Latin pop. The song is a collaboration between the Mexican singer, Brazilian artist Anitta and Albanian-British pop star Rita Ora, each flits between Spanish, English and Portuguese as they sing about shedding unwanted emotional baggage, before teaming up for the […]
Red Bull Music Academy and Red Bull Radio are to shut down after 21 years, on October 31, in a move to “phase out the existing structure” and decentralize its operations in the creative industry. RBMA, an unlikely patron of underground music since the academy’s launch in 1998, had long been held up as an […]
"No one expected rap music in particular to last as long as it has and to be a billion-dollar industry. So, the fact Hip-Hop and rap music made it to a point to where we actually have adult rappers is crazy. Hip-Hop is almost like a dude who just lived wild, fast, and crazy and […]
Jacob Lowenstein (28), drummer of the New Zealand black-metal and death-metal bands Igni, Oblivion Dawn, and Secularity, was taken into custody and has been charged with setting two fires at Mormon churches. These incidents took place in Christchurch, where similar acts of terror happened last month, albeit with human casualties. The case is similar to […]
This week, Logic became the first rapper to top The New York Times’ Paperback Trade Fiction Best Sellers list with his novel 'Supermarket', published by Simon & Schuster, and signed by his real name Bobby Hall (well, his full name is Sir Robert Bryson Hall II) . 'Supermarket' comes with an accompanying soundtrack, featuring new […]
37-year old pop singer is seeking treatment for her mental health - recently she began a 30-day program at a mental health facility to "focus on herself” as she cares for her father, Jamie, in the wake of his “life-threatening” colon rupture. Spears seemingly acknowledged the reports in an Instagram post on Wednesday. She shared […]
Nipsey Hussle was shot to death on Sunday, and on Sunday and Monday streams of his songs in the U.S. increased to 101.5 million (audio and video streams combined). That was an increase of 1,773 percent compared to his streaming sum on Friday and Saturday: 5.4 million. His album 'Victory Lap' is likely to re-enter […]
Swedish singer Lykke Li has announced a summer festival Yola Fest that will celebrate "the arts, culture and music by today's women". Courtney Love, Charlie XCX, Cat Power, Cupcakke, Megan Thee Stallion, and Ambar Lucid join Lykke for the Saturday, June 6 event held at LA’s Historic Park. Lykke’s brand of mezcal, YOLA, which the […]
Music-instruction franchise School of Rock is launching a new international talent search in partnership with Atlantic Records its Artist Partner Group (APG) imprint. Named Center Stage, the talent search is now soliciting audition videos from singers across the globe. Twenty five of the most promising musicians will be flown out to Los Angeles to perform […]
From customs holding up CD and vinyl deliveries to visa issues putting roadies out of work, the UK music industry is nervous about what Brexit may bring - Guardian analyses what will UK leaving the EU mean for British musicians.
BBC is discussing payed meet-and-greets with music stars, after Matty Healy from the 1975 tweeted he didn't think bands should charge fans to meet them. It's very well institutionalized by now - Lady Gaga sells a backstage tour for her Las Vegas show, pre-show reception and "swag bag" for 2.000 dollars. Ariana Grande charges 800 […]
Psychedelic punk band Rainbow Grave are ready to step out with their debut album 'No You' by God Unknown Records, scheduled for July 5. Band members are Nicholas Bullen, best known as a founding member of Napalm Death and Scorn, and John Pickering, who is a founding member of Doom and Sore Throat, alongside James […]
Global music sales grew 9.7% in 2018, reaching $19.1 billion in total revenue, making the 2018 fourth consecutive year of growth and the highest rate since the IFPI began tracking the market in 1997. Nearly half (47%) of all revenue came from streaming, which grew by 34% in 2018. By the end of last year, […]
