After being postponed from its original May 2 date following the COVID-19 outbreak, the 7th annual iHeartCountry Festival will now take place Oct. 23.
Mdundo has signed up 80,000 African artists with a collective catalog of 1.5 million songs.
In the absence of live music, touring musicians have taken to Zoom to share their knowledge and craft with a flood of new students. Imperfect as it may be, this exchange has become a financial and creative lifeline.
Apple bought music recognition app Shazam in 2018, and now it’s integrating it into iOS in another big way — a new Music Recognition feature can identify songs playing around you as well as in apps on your phone.
The Apple Music app lets you organize your library by playlists, artists, albums, and more.
I spent over 40 hours sampling and analyzing almost 200 virtual concerts across multiple genres. Here's what I found.
Music streaming giant Spotify feels "really good" about how the business has performed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with consumption now above pre-pandemic levels, CFO Paul Vogel said.
Logic says Universal Music Group is blocking access to his music catalog for game streaming, against his wishes. Here's the deets.
Apple Music Partners With Howard University for Special Live Event Rap Life: Featuring Lil Baby, Nas, Wale, Rapsody and more.
A new tool to help managers and artists research Spotify playlists appears to be picking up some steam.
Music-streaming company Spotify is breaking even and could achieve profitability, but prefers to focus on growth, the company's CFO, Paul Vogel, said on an episode of "Spotify: For the Record," a podcast aired last week.
Third of Irish people have experimented with digital audio since March, says Core
Music consumption, particularly in the West, is commoditized. Transforming from the economies of ownership to access and the removal of production and distribution barriers led to the devaluation of, not.
Correspondent Sally Parker talks with student musicians to discuss putting their music on Spotify.
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