The 21-year-old LSU gymnast, a national champion, and an internet
Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department" might be her most cathartic album yet. But what is the benefit of music-driven catharsis?
Searching for music on the Sonos interface has always been a little frustrating, but now Sonos is promising to alleviate some of that pain with a new home screen interface across its app and desktop experience. News of the upcoming changes leaked earlier this month, but now we’re able to see actual screenshots and get details of how this rollout will actually look.
The venture capital crunch may be easing, but it isn't over yet. That means there could be direct investment opportunities for private deal investors.
One of the country’s most successful independent music schools is looking for franchise partners to provide tuition for budding students in Leeds. Morningside School of Music has grown to accommodate more than 1400 pupils of all ages and 40 teachers from its base in Edinburgh. Now the school wants to expand from beyond the east of Scotland and extend its work in other UK cities. Its owners have appealed to music teachers in Leeds who are interested in setting up a similar enterprise. Director...
Beyonce’s latest album, “Act ll: Cowboy Carter,” hit No. 1 on the Billboard country albums chart this week, making her the first Black woman to ever top that chart. Alice Randall, novelist and songwriter, most recently author of My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future (Atria/Black Privilege Publishing, 2024), discusses the legacy of Black country music and traces its roots to today's historic achievement.
Some YouTube Music for iOS users today are facing a bug where the app opens to a black screen on certain Google Accounts with no ability to play songs. more
Of the almost exactly 200 days of torture we, the families of the hostages held in Gaza, have suffered through since Oct. 7, Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath) and holidays are the worst. How can we celebrate anything when our loved ones remain in captivity in tunnels under Gaza? Within the heightened torment of holidays, Passover in particular expands the boundaries of agony. As one of the paramount texts of the Haggadah (the guidebook for the traditional Passover Seder) asks: mah nishtana haleila...
After the success of his first studio single, country artist Justin Holmes is back with "Heartbreak Honky Tonk," a song that fans of '90s country are sure to love.
New signing George Scrimshaw believes experience could be key to Northants Steelbacks reaching their first Vitality T20 Blast finals day since 2016. The 26-year-old pace bowler, who made his England ODI debut last summer, says he has signed on at the County Ground with his sights firmly set on excelling in white ball cricket. And he is backing the signings of veteran all-rounders Sikandar Raza and Ravi Bopara to give the team an edge that has been lacking in recent seasons when the 2024...
Apple Music has a setting that automatically opts users into sharing your musical tastes with contacts by default. Here's what the problem is, and how to keep what you listen to a bit more private. Apple Music playlists Like many other streaming services, Apple Music has a variety of music discovery systems in place, to help its subscribers discover new music. While some of this is algorithmic-based, there are some elements that involve the tastes of other people. With public...
If you really want to know about making music, fame, exploitation, addiction, egos and challenging personalities – look to fiction. Here are our favourites Making a movie about an iconic musician can be perilous – there are so many stakeholders with differing versions of events, and so many diehard fans looking for a perfect representation of their hero, that many music biopics end up being sanitised and glib. Look no further than Back to Black, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic, for a...