This year, let's see some artists take the stage who have zits on their face, sweat stains under their armpits, hairs out of place, and clothes they bought themselves.
Sahil Kapur | Posted 12.07.2009 | Entertainment
With innovations sprouting all over the web to make music distribution simpler and more user-friendly, the music industry is gradually coming to terms...
Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment
It might be a Man's World, but there's always room for California Girls. A list of 25 recordings has been announced for the 2010 Grammy Hall of Fame ...
Chad Stokes Urmston | Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact
The music industry must be smarter, and speak with one voice as an industry to be recognized as a force for good. Combined, we have the untapped potential of millions of live music fans, waiting to make their nation a better place.
Ari Gold | Posted 10.07.2009 | Entertainment
The genesis of the movie was simple: air-drumming looks sublimely ridiculous. Yes, you've seen that guy at the concert, hitting his fists in the air, in perfect time with Judas Priest.
Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media
While many have quickly lamented URB's print hiatus or reminisced about our long legacy, there is also an unfortunate feeding frenzy on even the hint of print's presumed, imminent demise.
Jon Chattman | Posted 11.29.2009 | Entertainment
Contrary to the guyliner and oft-black or goth-esque tight outfits, AFI shouldn't be restricted to the Hot Topic shelves and Twilight circuit.
Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
"Puff the Magic Dragon" became my son's first favorite song. Without failure, he stopped whatever he was doing when the song began and crawled over to the tape recorder.
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment
The guy whose band, Dire Straits, sold 120 million records has made a CD that will be appreciated mostly by the smallest cohort of music lovers: smart, literate grownups who can read without moving their lips.
Marianne Barriaux | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology
BEIJING (AFP) - China has announced that all songs posted on music websites must receive prior approval and foreign lyrics must be translated into...
Huffington Post/ AP | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business
Apple Inc. has officially set Sept. 9 as the date for its next music-themed product launch event in San Francisco. Apple unveiled redesigned iPod N...
Tamara Conniff | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment
Music sales are plummeting -- both digital and physical. In part, this is due to the economy -- if a consumer has to choose between dinner and a CD, most will choose dinner.
Rob Kirkpatrick | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment
Although the cliché is that it's hard to imagine Woodstock happened that long ago, I find it hard to imagine that those three days of peace and music happened so recently.
Marshall Fine | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment
It's a kind of guitar summit, with the three guitarists sitting around in overstuffed chairs on a platform in the middle of an L.A. soundstage, talking about electric guitars and playing them.
Anis Shivani | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media
How can we retain, even enhance, creativity in the digital age, taking advantage of near-zero costs of redistribution? Two recent books consider the question.
Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.22.2009 | Entertainment
A full roster of music legends will help the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame celebrate its silver anniversary with two sweeping concerts in Madison Square Ga...
Michelle Haimoff | Posted 07.28.2009 | Entertainment
Jackson would have been better off if "I Want You Back" wasn't in our iTunes libraries. He would have been better off if Off The Wall had never come out. If no one had ever heard of Bad or Thriller.
Alex Pasternack | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green
Amidst all the good vibes, what of Bonnaroo's massive carbon footprint?
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.20.2009 | Entertainment
In an under-reported move, Ticketmaster-owned Echomusic dumped a whole bunch of artists with 30 days notice, took their content, and in effect cast them into the netherworld of cached pages and lost content.
Mark Joseph | Posted 07.15.2009 | World
Japan is still an odd hybrid of the past and the future. They've skipped the personal computer and gone straight to the cell phone, where much of e-traffic occurs.
Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business
Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.
Karin Badt | Posted 06.19.2009 | Entertainment
His philosophy may be intuited in how he plays basketball with Adam: "Keep shooting through... When you fail a shot, don't stop."
Mira Veda | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment
Until there is some regulation, the world may never see the potential of so many songwriters, singers or artists that just can't afford to make music.
Mike McCready | Posted 06.04.2009 | Entertainment
The song I'm reviewing this week is called The Cheap Song. It resonates with the current economic crisis although it was written during the boom when stingy people stood out. Now being frugal is in vogue.
Mike McCready | Posted 05.28.2009 | Entertainment
I liked this song immediately. Cool piano and a bit of acoustic guitar and you get the feeling the compelling melody will slowly build throughout the song.
Shawn Amos | Posted 01.05.2010 | Entertainment