Tag: music

• The Walkman, Forty Years On

  June 30, 2020

  Even prior to extended quarantines, lockdowns, and self-isolation, it was hard to imagine life without the electronic escapes of noise-cancelling earbuds, smartphones, and tablets. Today, it seems impossible. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-walkman-forty-years-on more ›

• Umm Kulthum

  June 27, 2020

  Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is about the Egyptian singer. For other uses, see Umm Kulthum (name). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Kulthum more ›

• Twitch’s Streaming Boom Is Jolting the Music Industry

  June 21, 2020

  On the morning of May 27, Kenneth Charles Blume III wanted to talk about white privilege. Blume, a 29-year-old DJ from Greenwich, Connecticut, has produced beats for some of the biggest… more ›

• ‘Was It a Lost Psych-Funk Classic?’ It’s Khruangbin, Right Now

  June 17, 2020

  The Houston trio’s third album adds a new chapter to the band’s improbable story. In 2013, the producer and D.J. Bonobo released his version of “Late Night Tales,” the long-running… more ›

• Bootsy Collins: ‘We’re all funky, just not all of us know it’

  June 15, 2020

  At the age of 17, William “Bootsy” Collins packed up his homemade bass guitar and left home to tour the world with James Brown. He was heading off in pursuit… more ›

• Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind

  June 12, 2020

  In a rare interview, the Nobel Prize winner discusses mortality, drawing inspiration from the past, and his new album, “Rough and Rowdy Ways.”A few years ago, sitting beneath shade trees… more ›

• The podcasting world is now Spotify versus everybody else

  May 23, 2020

  In what’s likely the biggest deal ever for a single podcast, Spotify announced this week that Joe Rogan’s enormously successful show, The Joe Rogan Experience, will become a Spotify-exclusive. https://www.theverge.com/21265005/spotify-joe-rogan-experience-podcast-deal-apple-gimlet-media-ringer more ›

• Audio Deepfakes Result in Some Pretty Convincing Mashup Performances

  May 2, 2020

  Have you ever wanted to hear Jay Z rap the “To Be, Or Not To Be” soliloquy from Hamlet? You are in luck: What about Bob Dylan singing Britney Spears’… more ›

• The Red Hand Files

  May 2, 2020

  The great beauty of contemporary music, and what gives it its edge and vitality, is its devil-may-care attitude toward appropriation — everybody is grabbing stuff from everybody else, all the… more ›

• Music Publishing Glossary

  April 28, 2020

  https://www.songtrust.com/music-publishing-glossary more ›