Ignoring protests and threats of an ISIS attack, Mariah Carey plays a gig in Saudi Arabia. And she’s not alone.
Saudi Arabia is one of the most repressive countries on the planet, one of the harshest places for women, and
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Lionel Ritchie
Random music news for Tuesday, January 22, 2019
The first 747 went into commercial service with Pan Am on this day in 1970. As for music news on
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Random music news for Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Ugh. The day when the Northern Hemisphere goes from 0 (our summer attitude) to 100 kph (the rest of the
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Random Music News for Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Notice how more people are referring to Donald Trump as “45” instead of “President Trump?” No? Watch for it. And
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A Roundup of Glastonbury News as the Festival Winds Down
Glastonbury, the World’s Most Famous Music Festival™, wraps up today after dominating the music news cycle for nearly a week.
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A Mashup of The Cure and the Commodores? Why Not?
In some alternate universe, Robert Smith and Lionel Ritchie are bandmates. (Via Dangerous Minds and Sonic More Music.)
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11 Performers Who Have Accepted Money to Play Concerts for Dictators, Thugs and Despots
Well known artists can make a lot of money for private concerts, and apparently, not everyone who has a ton
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7 Grammy Wins That Underscore How the Grammys Suck
I’ll say it one more time: the Grammys are designed as a mass-appeal prime-time TV broadcast that seeks to appeal
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