After that started happening, that’s when I saw the first wave of labels wanting to scoop up the Zach Bryan 2.0s.” Barry Weiss, the veteran record executive who co-founded RECORDS back in 2015 ...

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American Idol season 23 premiered on March 2, 2025, and multiple young talents auditioned for the music reality competition.

Record sales were at an all-time high in 2024, and Spotify paid out $10bn in royalties - but most of that money is going to major labels and not artists Taylor Swift and Drake were two of the ...

Following a record label’s tastes seems like a fool’s errand ... Portland is full of these ethnomusicologists operating outside of academia—itty-bitty labels pressing poetry readings to vinyl, ...

If you’re a diehard pop-punk or metalcore fan, you probably remember A Day To Remember’s (ha!) battle with Victory Records. In fact, quite a few musicians were beefing with this label in the ...

Mumbai: Times Music, a subsidiary of The Times Group, has acquired Indian regional record labels Symphony Recording Co and ARC Musicq. These mark the company's first acquisitions since its 2023 ...

From Mississippi roots to wilderness years and redemption, John Lee Hooker always played the blues his way. Here are the ...

In 1973, the readers of Creem magazine voted New York Dolls the year’s Best New Band. They also voted them the year’s Worst ...

These exciting acquisitions are a first for Times Music since announcing their strategic partnership with Primary Wave Music. Times Music announces today their acquisition of two leading Indian ...

TAMLA Records, the label founded by Motown icon Berry Gordy, sets its official re-launch -- along with a partnership with ...