What Big Tech's Quarterly Reports Say About The Future Of Music
The past week brought a slew of high-level financial filings from tech and music companies — from which we read the tea leaves.
Music & Culture
First Listen: Alison Krauss, 'Windy City'
Krauss' first solo album since 1999 shows off her intelligence and good humor in versions of classic songs that are delightfully down to earth.
Watch M.I.A.'s Visually Rich Video For 'P.O.W.A.'
M.I.A. sits in a truck bed full of flowers and a row of dancers, looking like a Christo and Jean-Claude installation in human form.
Aretha Franklin Announces Plan To Retire, Collaboration With Stevie Wonder
The singer announced she plans to retire, but not before recording new music and touring to support a new album.
First Listen: Son Volt, 'Notes Of Blue'
Son Volt has always deserved more attention than it's gotten, and the band's eighth album provides a lean and sturdy showcase for Jay Farrar's eternally weary but undiminished voice.
The Thistle & Shamrock: Debuts
These musicians from both sides of the Atlantic make their first appearances on Thistle this week.
Guster On Mountain Stage
The seminal pop-rock quartet returns to Mountain Stage, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va.
Michael Kiwanuka On World Cafe
The "Black Man In A White World" singer discusses his bicultural upbringing and the ways in which his music and his identity intersect.
For Black History Month, Celebrate Afro-Latino Music With Smithsonian Folkways
With Folkways curator Dan Sheehy as a guide, Alt.Latino explores how the music of West Africa has influenced Latin America and the Caribbean.
Drake, David Bowie Top List Of Highest-Selling Artists
Justin Bieber, Adele and Beyoncé also made the list, as you might have imagined.