Low Cut Connie’s All-Inclusive, All-American Protest Music

On the new album Livin' in the USA, singer-songwriter Adam Weiner shows you how to protest and party at the same time ...

Braille music camp for blind and visually impaired children celebrates 40 years

Four decades ago, 92-year-old Roma Dix co-founded a braille music camp for visually impaired children. This week they're ...
American Songwriter

3 Rock Songs From the Year 1970 That Feel More Relevant Now Than Ever

In the mood for some rock songs from back in 1970 that are still somehow relevant over half a century later? These three jams ...
Consequence

Bruce Springsteen Wants to Find “Common Ground” with Fans Who Have Walked Away Because of Politics

Bruce Springsteen is hoping he can find common ground with former fans who have walked away from him because of his outspoken left-leaning beliefs. That was the heart of Springsteen’s answer when ...
New Republic

Confessions of an Exploited Pop Star

Love, the pop star at the center of Candice Wuehle’s second novel, Ultranatural, feels familiar, like the idol we’ve all known since 1998 when she appeared on MTV singing and dancing through a high ...
National Review

Final Thoughts on the Texas Senate: I Don’t Have to Like Either Paxton or Talarico

Who Is Going to Be Next to Donate $1,776 to Our July 4 Fundraiser? The Roe v. Wade of Birthright Citizenship Trad Schism, Again New York Times Story Features ‘Tree Rights’ Ken Paxton has defeated ...
Tampa Bay Times

Ye, a.k.a. Kanye West, adds second Tampa concert despite Nazi controversy

Ye, shunned out of London and France shows, is coming to Florida next month. Gabrielle Calise is a culture reporter who covers music, nostalgia and offbeat Florida trends. Reach her at ...
Taste of Country

Why Pat McAfee’s Controversial WWE Heel Turn Has Alienated + Annoyed Fans

Pat McAfee dropped jaws this past Friday (Apr. 3) when he turned heel on the latest episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown in St. Louis. He aligned with Randy Orton by attacking Cody Rhodes with a hit ...
Psychology Today

Dépaysement: Mental Health Impacts as the Environment Changes

Environmental change is inevitable. Still, when it affects the landscapes around us, it can be disconcerting, leading to negative mental health impacts. A word with multiple meanings, connotations, ...
WBUR

Mass.-based AI song generator startup Suno angered the music industry. Now it wants to join it

Suno CEO Mikey Shulman pulls up a chair to the recording studio desk where a research scientist at his artificial intelligence company is creating a new song. The flute line sounds promising. The ...
Wall Street Journal

The Makings of a Kanye West Apology: An All-Staff Meeting and a 7-Figure Record Deal

The music company Gamma convened an all-hands meeting on Monday to discuss its latest signing: Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, who has alienated both fans and corporate partners in recent ...
Paste

Read This: How Mubi has been operating in the wake of its big nasty funding controversy

Film distributor MUBI either had a very good or a very lousy year, depending on how you want to slice it. From a strictly financial point of view, Efe Cakarel’s indie movie studio and streamer has ...