Music covers the people, performances and recordings that shape what we hear, from classic rock and pop to newer artists and regional industries. It also includes the stories behind songs, albums, tours and the creative choices that give them lasting appeal.
For readers, music offers both discovery and connection: a chance to find new voices, revisit familiar favourites and understand how artists build their work and careers. Disputes over samples, reunions and the changing business of entertainment show how creativity, money and cultural influence intersect.
PETA has asked Cage The Elephant to temporarily rename themselves “Free The Elephant” on social media for a week, ahead of their performance at an NFL game in Munich. The animal rights group says the change could draw attention to Okha, an elephant it wants retired from circus…
Paramount-Warner Bros. is developing a new version of Nora Ephron’s romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail, directed by Jason Orley. The project comes as the newly merged studio has committed to releasing 30 films a year, and the remake adds to that slate. The story details are being kept…
Sabrina Carpenter stars in a new Johnnie Walker campaign directed by Damien Chazelle, the filmmaker behind *La La Land*. The French New Wave-inspired advert shows her entering a jazz club, ordering a whisky drink and energising the party as she moves through the venue. Carpenter said she and…
Lillie Kolich reworked Britney Spears’s “(You Drive Me) Crazy” as a slowed-down ballad on the first live show of season 30 of *The Voice*. Her performance stood out for its sultry arrangement and personal connection to Spears, but Kolich was eliminated, showing that a well-received performance did not…
Record executive Paul Cohen helped establish Nashville as a centre of country music, shaping Decca’s country division and guiding the careers of major performers. Born in Chicago on 10 November 1908, he signed artists including Kitty Wells and Patsy Cline, and produced Wells’s “It Wasn’t God Who Made…
Bruce Springsteen’s endorsement of Abdul El-Sayed has contributed to the closure of a longstanding Facebook fan group, exposing political divisions among the musician’s supporters. The group’s moderators said arguments had grown hostile, with personal attacks and hateful rhetoric replacing respectful disagreement. The ‘Spring-Nuts’ page had more than 18,000…
Robbie Williams has defended Olivia Rodrigo after listeners said her new festive song echoes earlier Christmas hits. Williams said he would not pursue a claim over a possible resemblance to his song “Candy”, arguing that treating every familiar sequence of notes as a copyright dispute could discourage creativity.…
Gabi Greenberg, who records as Daffo, has shared a new song called “Hand To God” after saying they were dropped by Concord, the label that released their debut album. The post and song offer a glimpse of how Greenberg is responding to the career setback and continuing to…
Pitchfork and Rough Trade will host a live event celebrating a new zine about Pavement, tied to Grayson Haver Currin’s cover story on the band. The event brings the magazine’s feature into a live discussion with two of Pavement’s members. It is scheduled for Wednesday, 18 November, at…
Glenn Frey said the Eagles’ 1975 album *One of These Nights* was his favourite of the band’s records, ahead of *Hotel California*. He described its title track as a breakthrough and a “quantum leap”, making the album a marker of the group’s growing confidence and the blend of…