I feel like anybody who has a voice should use it for good things, and good things aren't amassing as much money and popularity as you can. I think too many people are afraid of alienating their audience because they don't really realize how many people there are in the world and how many people you can get to buy tickets to your shows. | | | | Hair metal: Reba Meyers of Code Orange in Leeds, England, March 16, 2017.
(Andrew Benge/Redferns/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “I feel like anybody who has a voice should use it for good things, and good things aren't amassing as much money and popularity as you can. I think too many people are afraid of alienating their audience because they don't really realize how many people there are in the world and how many people you can get to buy tickets to your shows.”
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 | Pitchfork |
| A first look at the billion-dollar company’s potentially game-changing collaboration with Sigur Rós. | | |
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 | BBC News |
| The Victoria Derbyshire Programme has been told by women in the music industry that abuse and harassment is “endemic" in the business, with "dangerous men" at the top abusing their power. They say there are occasions where people have been raped and assaulted, but encouraged to keep quiet. Here, four women speak out about their abuse and harassment for the first time | | |
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 | Complex |
| A listless writer and rapper from South Central LA, "Punch" went from having interest in music but no concrete goals to teaming up with Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith and discovering the artists who came to be known as the Black Hippy Crew. | | |
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 | NPR Music |
| The singer first gained famed in 2008 as a member of the boy band SHINee, before going on to write and produce songs for himself and others. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| The 27-year-old singer was one of the beautiful, well-drilled entertainers who make K-pop so thrilling - and who are often treated miserably by their management companies. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| As some artists begin to speak up about common sense gun laws, others wonder if it'll ever be enough to weaken the NRA's grip on Nashville. | | |
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 | Trench |
| The future for the genre is as bright as ever. | | |
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 | TrackRecord |
| In early February of this year, Future dropped his fifth full-length album, the self-titled "Future." One week later, he immediately followed it up with "Hendrix," awarding the Atlanta rapper a career (and history-making) first: back-to-back No. 1 albums. The hype around Future was so overwhelming, rumors suggested he'd potentially release a third LP. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| Fast forward, rewind, and pray that you stop the tape right on the song you want. For decades that was the fate of our listening experience. Phased out first by CDs then buried by the digital music revolution, cassette tapes are experiencing something of a resurgence. | | |
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 | Pigeons & Planes |
| Fabio Matthiesen found a way into the music industry from the middle of nowhere. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| There's a new Eminem album out now. It's called "Revival." We'll get to it momentarily. | | |
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 | Vulture |
| The rapper on his new album, his critics, and hating Donald Trump. | | |
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| Pitchfork |
| Fever Ray, Jlin, Kelly Lee Owens, Mount Kimble, Laurel Halo... | | |
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 | The Fader |
| The story behind Baltimore’s viral “Rise Up” children’s choir performance. | | |
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 | The New Yorker |
| When so many artists have grown outspoken, the ones who seem carefree stand out. | | |
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 | MusicAlly |
| This column is from Robert Ashcroft, CEO of PRS for Music: "The issues of data, value and protection for songwriters have never been so high on the agenda." | | |
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 | WTF with Marc Maron |
| Steven Van Zandt, a.k.a. Little Steven, is an encyclopedia of rock and roll history. Steven talks with Marc about learning to play music by watching the Beatles, learning to be a performer by watching the Rolling Stones, and using those skills to form a partnership with his career-long collaborator, Bruce Springsteen. | | |
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 | Heavy Blog Is Heavy |
| Full of Hell, Artificial Brain, Elder, Ulver, Archspire... | | |
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| The Fader |
| The young rapper talks about what it's like to navigate critics and the industry. | | |
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 | Akron Beacon Journal |
| Ralph Carney may not have been as famous as the many artists with whom he worked. But his unique musical style, open-hearted spirit and impish, spontaneous sense of humor left an indelible mark on four-plus decades of interesting music and scores of smiling people touched by his talent and grace both on and off stage. | | |
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