A list of organizations providing aid to those affected by the devastation and other ways to help.
"I’ve been a Leafs fans since I was a little boy," the singer said during his surprise visit.
"Ice Ice Baby" rapper, one of the last music artists standing at the ill-fated Great American State Fair, has gig canceled Friday after inclement weather hits Washington, D.C.
A celebration of life for Oliver Tree, who died in a helicopter crash at age 32, is scheduled to take place in Santa Cruz, Calif.
The show put an end to more than a decade of waiting for ARMY in Madrid.
"When I die, all the money is going to go back to artists. So I set up a foundation," singer said in an interview prior to his death
Also, Tiago PZK brings Timbaland to Argentina, Karim López makes NBA draft history with Carín León by his side, Ruidosa announces its NYC lineup and more.
Singer also opens up about her personal battles while making the 2025 LP in a newsletter to fans: "Living in these songs had an incantatory effect. I felt myself change”
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Time to start praying to the goddess of wisdom and war
Amazon's Echo Show 15 has gone viral on social media -- here's why.
Gavin McKenna, a native of Whitehorse, Yukon, walked up to Bieber's song "Yukon"
Tune in June 27th to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. Phone #: 844-686-5863 If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz
BritBox trailer: (Not that I’d tell you to watch it, it reveals too much, you’re much better off taking the series in cold.) There’s something about Suranne Jones… So we were watching “Wrong Side of the Tracks,” a Spanish show on Netflix recommended by my cardiologist.
The actor debuted a rap alter ego dubbed 'Nomad' to promote the charitable 'Get Blue' campaign with Water.org
The star's final live show is set for Nashville's Nissan Stadium on June 27. In this week's Country Update lead story, four execs look back on his career.
The vice president has a chapter in his book entitled "More Money, More Problems."
Personal cell phones on protective missions, no threat detection on government-issued devices among the litany of sins
Which new Latin music release is your favorite? Vote below!
Remove something from the internet? You can't stop the (climate change) signal, Mal
Sean Brock might be just as consumed with vintage Southern-flavored vinyl as he is with interpreting the original flavors of the American South. In his one-year-old West Hollywood restaurant Darling, a large listening bar is centered in the middle of the airy room, the plywood shelves filled with...
Surely, we can have rules that allow us to continue doing what we're doing
Fans have been “repeatedly” removing Alger Brook Road sign after the singer mentioned it in “The View Between Villages”
The song will appear on the upcoming debut album from Delevingne scheduled for release later this summer
The English actor will embody his Frankie Pulitzer persona again for a collaboration LP with hip-hop supergroup Czarface
SMP songwriters were recognized across 27 of ASCAP's top-performing R&B, hip-hop and gospel songs of the past year. Source
Pandora bets on a major horseracing constitutional precedent to strip the MLC of its constitutional authority to sue. Source
Requiring driverless vehicles to keep human brake controls impedes innovation, the NHTSA says
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source
Researchers warn many AI coding assistants now execute commands from project configurations
There is a version of Huh Yunjin’s life in which she is a college student right now. She had the acceptance letter. She had paid the deposit. She had spent the better part of two months applying to schools after years of grueling K-pop training in Korea had worn her down and she decided that […]
Open source advocates remain concerned over lack of binding commitments
The track previously premiered at Louis Vuitton’s Menswear Spring-Summer 2027 show is the first glimpse into Quavo’s upcoming album project executive produced by Williams
The physical spot will reside inside Portugal’s famed Livraria Lello
Singer was reportedly hospitalized after cutting his Minnesota gig mid-show, but is expected back on stage later this week
When pioneering producer and filmmaker Kirsty Bell set out to make a film about legendary American musician Eddie Cochran, she didn’t want to merely chronicle his brief career. Looking back at the musician’s work, who died while touring the U.K.
YouTube’s Lyor Cohen and the Recording Academy’s Harvey Mason Jr. recently penned an op-ed for Variety in which they made the case for the NO FAKES act being seen as the starting pistol rather than the finish line. Source
A homebrew PC and mini-mainframe were only the warm-up for Yuri Zaporozhets' latest operating system
If you thought we had reached the theoretical zero-point of how short a short-form piece of video content can reasonably get – or wondered how they can possibly get any shorter, well, now you may know the answer: short content can just be consumed quicker.
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Nearly 400 local newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged copyright theft — The lawsuits challenging the unauthorized use of copyrighted works to train Large Language Models do not appear to be slowing down.
Touring, as every artist knows, is a tough game. Uncertainty is high, margins are razor thin, and once an artist deducts piffling luxuries like, erm, accommodation and food from their income, tours often end in losses.
More than half of users now let bots handle email, so service is headed for shutdown
Twitch and SoundCloud have linked up for SoundCloud Sessions, a 12-hour DJ marathon on Twitch taking place today, June 26, from 9AM – 9PM Pacific Time. Hosted on Soundcloud’s Twitch channel, it features sets from DJs whose fandom straddles the two partner platforms.
PARTNER CONTENT: Integrating 50G-PON, FTTR-B, Wi-Fi 7, and intelligent AI scheduling to deliver 10 Gbps bidirectional speeds with ultra-low 0.1ms latency across Southeast University
Microsoft says latest attack targets Leo Platform and RStreams packages, harvesting creds and going after more maintainers
PARTNER CONTENT: Collaborating to advance China Telecom's “Better Home” ecosystem, the joint launch introduces a 2000 Mbps Wi-Fi 7 hub driven by core AI connection, sensing, and control capabilities
It’s prediction market news week here on Music Ally, apparently – to catch up, try listening to The Price of Music from a couple of days ago – and in that episode, we wondered how the music business might best engage with prediction markets – which, remember, is a market that’s worth over...
PARTNER CONTENT: Highlighting Level-4 autonomous network solutions, TM Forum Excellence Award finalists, and joint operator trials powering cross-domain fault management and Dynamic 5G Slicing
As legacy platform algorithms become less creator-friendly, many artists have faced the dilemma of their fans not seeing tour dates, release announcements and other updates on their feeds. We think that Highnote FM could be one solution to this.
It appears that social media might be moving away from opaque systems that predict user interests, and instead are handing over the reins for users to decide.
In a time where it feels like it’s getting harder and harder to cut through the noise on TikTok, due to an ever-increasing volume of music and posts being uploaded to the platform, The Ting Tings have shared an interesting experiment of their TikTok promotion.
Jay-Z’s debut album ‘Reasonable Doubt’ turns 30 today, and Roc Nation is pulling out all the stops to throw a memorable anniversary celebration. The company is organising various pop-ups, activations and experiences across Jay-Z’s birthplace in New York City.
PARTNER CONTENT: ZTE introduces full-stack, AI-driven energy storage solutions in Munich to address the rising power demands of the digital infrastructure era
PARTNER CONTENT: Showcasing the latest evolution of its "AI+Gaming" strategy alongside an expanded Full-Scenario AI Ecosystem featuring the agent-powered nubia M153 with Doubao AI Assistant
Hey, have you noticed that it’s been a bit hot here in Europe recently? That, as exasperated climate scientists wearily remind us, is because of the climate emergency. As ever the general advice is: get everyone to make small positive changes, and progress will (slowly) happen.
Participating stores will collect the records for recovery partner Virterras Materials to assess for potential material recycling. Source
PARTNER CONTENT: ZTE becomes the Strategic Partner for GSMA's M360 ASEAN event, uniting global ICT leaders to accelerate regional digital economic growth and future network evolution
Regulator says subscribers may have been defaulted onto more expensive plans with Copilot features attached
PARTNER CONTENT: ZTE’s Chief Development Officer outlines the company's "2+4" framework for 6G convergence and industry-wide collaboration in the mobile AI era
Earlier this week, we reported on SZA’s fury with AI platforms like Suno, and the artists that collaborate with them. Her warning to other artists – all-caps tirade warning – was blunt: “DO NOT TRAIN AI [WITH] YOUR GENIUS,” as was her opinion on artists that support generative AI: “Your [sic]...
We are excited to announce the 7 GSOC participants working with us this summer on MetaBrainz projects! Our apologies for not publishing this sooner, in this complicated first part of the year we simply forgot the announcement, but rest assured the work is progressing on all projects.
According to RadioInsight, nationwide station budget cuts began Tuesday and rolled out through the week. Source
PARTNER CONTENT: Shifting from legacy "connectivity pipes" to intent-driven intelligent services, the 6G-ready architecture introduces an Agent Service Network designed for the era of AI and human collaboration
Communities are increasingly challenging data-center projects over NDAs, shell companies, secrecy, transmission costs, and subsidies as a bipartisan backlash reshapes infrastructure politics nationwide.
So I’m looking through the midyear issue of “Pollstar” and there’s a chart for “Venues With Capacities Of 5,000 Or Less.” Now if you’re a dedicated follower of the main “Pollstar chart (if not fashion), you know it tends to be dominated by the usual suspects, mostly acts with years under their...
And the award for best party at Cannes Lions goes to … There isn’t such a recognition (yet) from the annual festival of creativity for marketeers and advertisers in the South of France.
Phoebe Bridgers released her first new solo single in four years, “Lost Boys,” on Thursday, accompanied by a music video that sees the singer doing some serious Renaissance Faire-style role playing in the suburbs with a cast of sword-bearing compatriots, and taking on co-star Skyler Gisondo as a...
“Obsession” meets “Off Campus” in Sombr’s new music video for “My Body Isn’t Ready,” which stars Inde Navarrette and Josh Heuston. The song, one of the young rocker’s most vulnerable to date, sees Sombr overcome by insecurities.
The event starts at 3pm with the proceeds going to benefit a non-profit organization in Schiavone's name that supports music programs in public ...
Clive Davis — the legendary record executive who died Monday at the age of 94 — cast as long a shadow across the music world as any executive, and participants in his funeral will bear that out.
Suno on Thursday unveiled a new incubator program for artists, “Spark,” that it says is designed to allow artists to receive grants, mentorship and distribution opportunities for their work.
Live Nation-promoted run sold more than 225,000 tickets, according to the concert giant. Source
On his birthday—which falls on 30 July—in 2020, Sonu Nigam launched his own label I Believe Music. This year, the veteran Indian film playback and pop singer used another special […] The post is from Music Ally.
If roots music in America has a poster woman, it’s Rhiannon Giddens, who we can always picture with her banjo, even if she’s doing projects as far afield from that as an opera.
Suno has launched an incubator program for independent artists called Spark Source
Música mexicana star Xavi has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, the company announced Thursday. The signing follows the release of his sophomore album, “Dosis,” and the single “La Diabla,” which surpassed 1 billion streams worldwide.
McIninch will oversee Soundmouse's global operations Source
Luminate said Latin music has "fully shattered" its 'niche' status" in the US Source
The following MBW op/ed comes from Walter De Brouwer, a generative linguist by training and the co-founder, with Michael Ovitz, of SoundPatrol Source
We are in the process of moving user accounts, authentication and OAuth applications from the MusicBrainz website to the MetaBrainz website.This centralizes our account management between all the *Brainz projects, along with some security improvements.
We’ve written about Stockholm-based Reactional Music a lot before, including a series of partnerships with industry rightsholders, and a $2m fundraising round.
Analytics firm Viberate has launched a new tool that allows users to connect their Vibrate data into their preferred AI assistant in order to use the data-sifting power of AI models to do advanced analysis of its database using natural language – like analysing artists, A&R, lineup suggestion, and...
Music Technology UK (MTUK), the trade association for the UK’s Music Tech sector, recently relaunched FemTUK, its community supporting female founders and aspiring founders in Music Tech. It’s now appointed Sarah Jones, who has previously worked at Songkick and the BBC, as FemTUK’s Chair.
More than 200 artists, including musicians, actors, filmmakers, photographers and performers, have added their names to an open letter calling on world leaders to support a Fossil Fuel Treaty that would result in a global transition away from fossil fuels.
Los fans de la música conocen esa sensación: una canción te atrapa por completo y de inmediato quieres saber más. ¿Qué la inspiró? ¿Cuál es su significado? En Spotify creemos que entender el proceso creativo y el contexto detrás de una canción puede profundizar tu conexión con la música que amas.
Podcasting has spent much of the last decade trying to prove its value through metrics inherited from a fundamentally different era of digital media. That era may finally be coming to an end.
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We’re all getting tired of the AI slop that’s being handed to us, and it’s even worse when you have to compete with it. One platform where it’s particularly egregious is TikTok, and a new report from Kapwing outlines the problem in detail.
On this week’s podcast episode, I speak with Keith Jopling about what separates artists who last from those who burn out chasing the wrong metrics. Keith spent 25 years inside the business, including time at Spotify, before interviewing 80 artists and bands to write Riding the Rollercoaster.
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Mow a series of lawns as efficiently as you can. We will publish the analysis in a few weeks.
After a long history of promises, last week I basically got the Parachord iOS app to feature parity with the Android and desktop apps. Multi-servcie content resoltuion, playback engine(s), catalog, scrobbling, the chat DJ, the social stuff, the Achordion integration and more.
There has never been a better time to make video. The barriers to creation have collapsed. Editing software that once cost thousands is available on subscription. AI can generate transcripts, captions, thumbnails, clips, and even entire video sequences. Source
From shocking true-crime investigations to chaotic comedies, 2026 has already been a standout year for podcasts. To help you discover your next favorite, we’re sharing a curated collection from around the world, hand-picked by our editors.
In 2006, JoJo’s “Too Little Too Late” climbed the charts, winning over fans and critics alike. It was a career‑defining moment for the artist, but also for the song’s writer, RuthAnne, who was all of 17 years old.
One of the most powerful men in the American recording industry who promoted Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin and Barry Manilow Controversial, ruthless and staggeringly successful, Clive Davis, who has died aged 94, was the most complete specimen of the old-school record industry...
Jelly Roll, J Balvin, and Nelly Furtado are just a few of the big names aiming to hit the back of the net with their contributions to FIFA's most musical iteration yet.
The United Kingdom is set to enact bans on social media for under 16s by spring 2027, with further restrictions for 16 and 17 year olds under consideration. It will also likely affect how adults use social platforms as age verification measures and algorithmic adjustments take place. Source
Reseller is also ordered to refund more than 50,000 fans, while its rival Viagogo remains under investigation Business live – latest updates The online ticket reseller StubHub UK has been fined almost £900,000 and ordered to make payments to more than 50,000 fans for not showing the full price of...
Explore the Buttolph Collection from the New York Public Library's archive of historic menus.
What do America’s earliest restaurant menus teach us about America?
The legendary music executive signed everyone from Patti Smith to Barry Manilow and changed the industry forever Clive Davis: music industry executive who signed Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen dies aged 94 Clive Davis: a life in pictures from Diana Ross to Aretha Franklin Clive Davis always...
The influential music executive has died at the age of 94, leaving behind a career filled with success, signing stars such as Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel Clive Davis: music industry executive who signed Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen dies aged 94 Clive Davis predicted...
Davis, who discovered many of the defining musicians of the 20th century and helmed major record labels, said he ‘never’ tired of the music business Clive Davis predicted music’s biggest stars like no one else Clive Davis: a life in pictures from Diana Ross to Aretha Franklin The famed US music...
Should fair use give an advantage to certain business models? The obvious answer is no. All things being otherwise equal, fair use should not privilege the use of copyrighted works merely because of the business model adopted by the user.
The world is visited by a a "privatized soft mobilization" whose name can not be said. National opposition to hyperscale data centers grows as communities challenge subsidies, transmission lines, utility costs, environmental impacts, and local control.
The history books are littered with the corpses of corporate record labels started by companies that had no business being in the music industry. Bose thinks it can be the exception to the rule. It thinks it can be Red Bull.
Cold Court is a brother-sister duo from Philly that seems to love nothing more than shoving all of their influences together in a messy soup that at least superficially resembles the hyperpop you've come to expect from acts like 100 Gecs.
