In April, Google revamped the YouTube Music library to work more like Play Music, and now the Artists view gets another upgrade to show only saved songs. This comes as the company detailed Google Play Music’s shutdown timeline this week. The Library tab lets you view content by downloads, playlists,Read More →
Rissi Palmer kicked off the Black Music Matters Festival. COURTESY PHOTO The standard time of the country welcomes the “Black Music Matters Festival» From August 2 to 6 on Facebook Live. The festival is a celebration of black artists in the country and Americana genres, musical categories that promote artistsRead More →
Music tracks encoded with Dolby’s immersive Atmos Music technology have recently started appearing on Tidal and other streaming services, but most come from artists backed by major labels. Now Dolby and Pro Tools developer Avid are making it easier for independent artists to encode and distribute Atmos Music. This makesRead More →
Indie music has been a staple of British culture since its meteoric rise in popularity in the 1990s, with Britpop bands like Oasis and Blur spearheading the genre. However, many bands and artists around the world are emerging more and more, with fresh new sounds and they have started toRead More →
Hong Kong’s skyline and Victoria Harbor are seen during the ‘Symphony of Light’ multimedia show … [+] used to promote tourism on April 3, 2004. Photographer: Grischa Rueschendorf/ Bloomberg News. BLOOMBERG NEWS Today, most musical artists rely on major international social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to directlyRead More →
Thematic artists When we last reported on Thematic, the company had generated over a billion song plays for its artists. Now that number has topped 2.5 billion, just one of many impressive stats shared by the company this week. It’s all part of a collaborative ecosystem that’s focused on poweringRead More →
Chart-Toppers: 50 years of the best-selling musical artists Fame, fortune and adoring fans – it’s often the dream come true for the world’s most popular musical artists. Thanks to their reliability and creative prowess, these artists not only boasted longevity in their record sales, but they also topped the chartsRead More →
4. Jimmy RodgersDuring the first week of August 1927, during the two days after Victor Ralph Peer’s representative, operating as a field recorder in Bristol, Tennessee, had made his first recordings of The Carter Family, he auditioned and then recorded an old lanky, voracious, former Mississippi railroad brakeman. Jimmie Rodgers’Read More →