There’s a new Billboard chart: The Music Finance Index
Billboard has been keeping score for the music industry with its weekly charts since the 1950s. Over the years, the number of charts has expanded with the evolution of fan
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Spotify has released its “Artists to Watch” list for 2026. What do they have against rock and alternative?
A new year brings a new cohort of musicians. Who will break through in 2026? Spotify has made some guesses with its annual Artists to Watch list. The list covers
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Apple Music had a record-breaking year in 2025. But…
Eddy Cue, one of the big executives at Apple, has a new blog post in which he talks about the company’s growth in the services sector, which includes Apple Music.
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The One Minute Music Book Club: Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
If you’re familiar with the riot grrrl scene of the early 80s, you’ll know all about Carrie Brownstein’s involvement as a member of Sleater-Kinney. Or you might know here from
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MTV’s music channels are gone forever. Or are they?
At 6 am UK time on December 31, 2025, the last of all of MTV‘s music video channels signed off. What began with “Video Killed the Radio Star” at 12:01
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Ongoing History Daily: The name “Arctic Monkeys”
In the world of rock, there are good names and not-so-good names. A lot of people will put “Arctic Monkeys” in the latter category. What were they thinking? Original bass
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Random music news for Tuesday, January 13, 2026
More bad juju for 2026. Remember the movie 12 Monkeys? Well, we’ve got 7 Monkeys now. Moving to music news for January 13, 2026. BONUS: Dominic Fike covered the theme
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Ten years later, I still can’t get over my David Bowie interview disaster.
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] On Jan. 10, 2016, David Bowie, suffering from end-stage liver cancer, lay down for a nap. He never woke up. Have you noticed
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Concerning: Study says that most American Millennials and Gen Zers listen to AI music about three hours a week.
Here’s my position on AI-generated music. It doesn’t create anything. It simply cranks out content using probabilities. It will never result in another Paul McCartney or Bob Dylan. It’s a
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The One Minute Music Book Club: Max Webster–High Class by Bob Wegner
A 2 kg glossy coffee table book on Max Webster? Why not? Bob Wegner’s labour of love documents all of the Max years with loads of pictures. This is easily
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Musician hate for ICE is building every day.
I saw a poll on TV this morning (January 12) that said ICE and its tactics have the support of just 25% of Americans. Things aren’t getting any better for
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