The country star recorded the track last year, but in the wake of the racial unrest plaguing the nation, he was inspired to drop it earlier than he had planned PEOPLE, Music Writer and Reporter Kane ...

There’s something utterly magical about standing in a field surrounded by thousands of strangers who suddenly feel like ...

The Grammy Award for Best World Music Album was introduced at the 1992 ceremony, but nearly 30 years later, the Recording Academy feels it’s time for a change. Yesterday, they announced that beginning ...

Michael Balangue DJs as Anito Soul at the Balikbayan Worldwide launch party on October 21, 2023. Credit: Diana Bowden On Saturday, October 21, more than a hundred people packed a white-walled ...

Apple has released a new promotional video for Apple Music, a graphic-heavy piece that illustrates the breadth of content the music streaming service offers to its subscribers. Published to the Apple ...

The pianist is following his Grammy win with “World Music Radio,” a concept album that challenges genre borders and carries a message of open-armed inclusivity. Jon Batiste can’t easily be pinned down ...

Jon Batiste’s "We Are" Grammy Awards triumph in 2022 afforded him a blank check for his next album. He cashed that check to create his ambitious new “World Music Radio,” a sprawling pop concept album ...

WME Partner and Worldwide Head of Music Marc Geiger is leaving the agency after 17 years, the company announced on Thursday. Lucy Dickins has been promoted to co-head of WME’s Music division, joining ...

His record label, Putumayo, gathered sounds from around the globe and pushed them into the mainstream, selling 35 million compilation CDs worldwide. By Alex Williams Dan Storper, a retailer who ...

“[G]lobal music revenues in 2023 were 38% higher than the $33.2 billion in worldwide box office receipts from the same year.” On November 25, economist Will Page, formerly Chief Economist of streaming ...