Three bright spots in a record industry that continued to dim in 2014: digital streaming, old-fashioned vinyl and the human supernova known as Taylor Swift. Overall album sales fell 11% last year to ...
Every year, when I put together this list, I see the same question arise: What is world music? (A better, and even less answerable question: What isn't world music?) So, so much stunningly beautiful ...
How will we remember the music of 2014? All Songs Considered starts off NPR Music's year-end coverage by discussing themes that surfaced again and again: new discoveries, best live shows, saddest ...
"I can't wait to do music hopefully forever" By Joe Lynch, Billboard Ariana Grande, in a black-lace gown, took the stage for piano-accompanied renditions of "Problem" and "Break Free," and was then ...
To be honest, 2014 has been a pretty weak year for music so far. Some of that's because the first half of the year is always pretty slow, a result of the music industry going quiet during January and ...
On the fringes of 2014, Ben Frost made suffocating electronic noise that was greeted like an expressionist rock records, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith continued his role as jazz's longform boundary ...