This is the biggest week of the year in music. As the Grammys take over Los Angeles, there are a series of major shmoozes leading up to the big show on Sunday. If there are people you need to see, a lot of ground can be covered in one week. It’s great to see so […]
Every January, NAMM (the National Association of Music Merchants) converges on Anaheim, drawing more than 75,000 attendees to experience the products and services of over 3,500 brands across the music, professional audio and live sound industries. Although the massive, multi-day 2026 event has already come and gone, NAMM 2026 left us fixated on a number […]
Fulton Lee has been releasing music since 2016, but it wasn’t until he posted a short video on social media in 2023 promoting his song “Alright” that he became a viral sensation. In it, Lee stands on a street corner holding a handwritten sign that says, “Stand here if you had a bad day,” with […]
Bruce Springsteen has quickly written, recorded and released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” in response to the shooting deaths of two civilians, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, who were protesting the actions of ICE agents during immigration raids in the state. The track appears to be available only on YouTube and Instagram at the […]
The first single Noah Kahan has been teasing from his upcoming album will indeed be its title track. “The Great Divide” will emerge Friday (Jan. 30), with its parent LP due April 24 from Mercury. Kahan co-wrote the track with longtime collaborator Gabe Simon and has been playing it routinely since its live debut in […]
The extraordinary life of original Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di’Anno is chronicled in the upcoming documentary Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, which will be released this summer by Cleopatra Entertainment. The project was directed, produced, written and edited by filmmaker and journalist Wes Orshoski, whose previous work includes Lemmy (about Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister) and The […]
If you want to know who’s on the rise in live music, The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) just dropped its annual cheat sheet of the most exciting up and coming artists of the past year. These aren’t just artists trending on playlists, but bona fide performers driving around the country, unglamourously roughing it, and […]
The Paul McCartney/Wings documentary Man on the Run will screen for one night only Feb. 19 at cinemas worldwide, eight days ahead of its streaming premiere on Amazon’s Prime Video. The theatrical showings will also include an exclusive, pre-recorded conversation between McCartney and director Morgan Neville. Click here for tickets. Beginning in 1970, the film […]
Lainey Wilson pulls back the curtain on her rise to country stardom in the documentary Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool, which Netflix has acquired for an April 22 global release. The film was directed by Amy Scott and produced by Teton Ridge Entertainment, Sandbox Studios and MakeMake. Per its logline, Keepin’ Country Cool follows Wilson […]
For half a century, Sly & Robbie reached into every corner of popular music. They were reggae icons and an in-demand rhythm section and production team, working alongside Bob Marley and Peter Tosh early on, but later appearing on records by a staggering variety of artists, from Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones to Madonna […]