Earlier this summer, New Translations were among the scene-stealers at a rock & roll takeover during CMA Fest in Nashville. The Music City indie-rock band, led by the charismatic frontperson Oliver ...

Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska might be the most famous batch of demos to become a proper studio album. In 1982, The Boss was on a hot streak with his biggest single to date (“Hungry Heart”), but the ...

Zach Top is sharing his hot take on modern country music, saying it now sounds "perfect" and lost some of its "soul." During a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the 28-year-old country singer spoke ...

A year before Sire Records founder Seymour Stein coined the term “new wave” to describe the pop-flavored punk bands emerging in 1977, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers had already launched the ...

Country music’s most important artist is dominating radio, streaming charts, concert venues and awards shows. We’ve ranked the Top 25 modern singers in an effort to timestamp 2026 in country music.

From the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" in 1966 to Taylor Swift's "Life of a Showgirl" today, vinyl records are a mainstay in music and art culture. Their combination of nostalgia and utility have turned a ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

Human beings have always been fascinated by the darker aspects of our nature. We are passionate and tormented creatures capable of snapping, lashing out violently, and even, in the most extreme cases, ...

In 1988, noted author, journalist, poet, activist and jazz aficionado Kalamu ya Salaam produced an album titled “The New New Orleans Music” that celebrated the richness of the modern jazz scene in New ...

Oddly enough, many modern superhero films have admitted the mistake. Gunn’s example is a case in point; while the 2025 Superman film has a tremendous theme, it largely riffs on the classic Donner ...