Jazz Fusion: The Genre That Got Away With Everything
Jazz fusion is the genre that got away with everything. It took jazz’s harmonic language, rock’s volume and rhythmic aggression, funk’s groove, and in some iterations, electronic music’s...
Jazz fusion is the genre that got away with everything. It took jazz’s harmonic language, rock’s volume and rhythmic aggression, funk’s groove, and in some iterations, electronic music’s...
Pepsi has pulled its presenting sponsorship from London’s Wireless Festival, and Diageo, the drinks conglomerate behind Johnnie Walker and Captain Morgan, quickly followed. The cause: the booking of...
Funk is the genre that built half of modern music and gets thanked for it about a quarter of the time. Sample a James Brown break and you...
Kneecap dropped the title track from their upcoming album today, and it is not shy about what it is. “Fenian,” released April 1st, is the lead single from...
Folk-pop as a commercial category arrived with a particular moment: the early 2000s, when artists like Norah Jones, Damien Rice, and the Iron and Wine of the early...
Warner Music Group announced today it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Revelator, an independent B2B music platform that handles digital distribution, rights management, royalty accounting, and...
The major music festival exists at the intersection of commerce, culture, and something that feels like community but is also, fundamentally, a lot of people standing in a...
Lollapalooza Chicago announced its 2026 lineup back on March 17, and the conversation about it hasn’t stopped. The festival runs July 30 through August 2 in Grant Park,...
Art pop is a genre label that functions less as a description of a specific sound and more as a permission slip. It says: this music is doing...
ZAYN has announced The KONNAKOL Tour, his largest solo tour to date, running from May 12 in Manchester through November 20 in Miami. The tour supports KONNAKOL, his...
Irish folk and singer-songwriter music has a particular global reach that’s hard to explain purely in terms of the music itself. The tradition runs deep, from the ballad...
Apple Music and Spotify both launched new AI-related features today, and together they represent the most concrete industry response yet to the question everyone has been avoiding: how...