As a music journalist of a certain age, people often ask about my all-time favorite interview. And there’s no question what it is: the three-decade-old Spinal Tap interview that follows below....
When a brilliant artist of any discipline reaches their twilight years — which in popular music is mid-to-late thirties — the best you can usually hope for is good rather than great....
Morgan Wallen, arguably the most popular country artist in the world, will not be submitting himself or any songs from his chart-topping latest album, “I’m the Problem,” for Grammy Awards,...
Whenever Tom Waits and his wife and longtime collaborator Kathleen Brennan pay tribute — or write seemingly anything — it is in the unique tone that has been a hallmark of his...
Sheila Jordan, whose cool and supple voice carried her name through decades of jazz recordings, performance and education, died Monday in New York, her family confirms to Variety. No cause of...
Warner Music Group’s fiscal third quarter, which concluded June 30, was a cautiously encouraging one, with revenue increasing by 8.7% (7% in constant currency) and streaming-specific revenues inching up by 4%...
Universal Music Group posted relatively small gains in the second quarter but stronger ones for the half year that ended June 30, with its publishing division seeing 11%-plus year-over-year gains in...
Warner Records is restructuring and refocusing its marketing team, the company announced today. The new structure “brings together digital and traditional marketing” to streamline the department’s operations overall. The change was...
