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Bad Bunny was the first Spanish-language record to win Album of the Year at the Grammys. On Sunday, he will headline the Super Bowl.
Women still struggle for recognition as artists, producers, mixers and engineers.
AI is already in much of the music you hear. It can be as mundane as a production tool or as deceptive as a fake recording artist – and a whole lot in between.
The way Coloured identity is discussed in textbooks and curricula is leading young self-described Coloured people to believe that their history – and their identity – is shameful.
In 1993, Joel sang, ‘These are the last words I have to say.’ What changed?
Doc Watson’s popularity and influence came from his virtuosic guitar playing, powerful voice, broad musical taste, folksy storytelling and lack of pretense.
Easy pop delights and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than that.
The composer of hits including The Look of Love and What’s New Pussycat? has an impressive back catalogue.
She doesn’t have the most streams or biggest sales figures but she does have a die-hard fan base.
Of a record nine nominees, seven are from West Africa. The global rise of Afrobeats music owes its soul to Nigeria’s iconic star Fela Kuti.
Fans of divas like Judy Garland formed complex social networks and communities around their fandom that were also about joy and celebration.
Prince was a musical genius, but he didn’t come of age in a vacuum. A human geographer explains how Minneapolis’ unique musical culture nurtured and inspired the budding star.
Lady Gaga and Lorde have both paid tribute to David Bowie in very different ways. Debating who did it better is rooted in an ideology of authenticity that pits rock against pop. In reality, Bowie embodied both.
Given the group’s sonic ownership of last summer with Get Lucky, it seems apt that Daft Punk collaborators dominated last night’s Grammy Awards. They had a total of seven wins, including Album of the Year…
The Grammys, that great annual showcase of the American popular music business, may not rank quite with the Oscars. But there is no doubt, that in the prize-giving season, this jamboree of self-congratulation…
On Sunday, “music’s biggest night,” the 56th Grammy Awards, will be held in Los Angeles – no doubt with the customary level of humility and circumspection so characteristic of the music industry. Commentators…
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