Doja Cat has appeared on several genre-specific Billboard charts during her meteoric journey to stardom. She’s seen her songs rise to ranks in genres like pop, rap, hip-hop, R&B, and even Latin, and now she can add her latest track to that ever-growing list. Cat’s new single “Celebrity Skin” isRead More →
During the 2022 BRIT Awards red carpet, it was revealed that Ed Sheeran would open the show with ‘Bad Habits’, the hit single from his album Equals (=). The announcement came as no surprise, as starting Britain’s biggest music event of the year with the country’s biggest star performing oneRead More →
Anyone who still says rock has been dead since the mid-2000s needs to seriously get their ears checked. Over the past decade, we’ve seen some of the greatest rock music the world has ever produced come to fruition. It’s just not the way you expected it to be. Of course,Read More →
Technology these days makes a lot of things really easy to do, including making music. But for artists who have been playing instruments for decades and are used to making old-school records, this may not be viewed so positively. Slash explains how technology has changed the “soul” of rock ‘n’Read More →
Determined to hold this year’s Philly Music Fest, organizers have carefully reviewed various safety protocols, as well as vaccination and infection rates in the Philadelphia area, and will move forward with the annual music festival in Philly Group non-profit. However, due to the ongoing pandemic, some necessary adjustments have beenRead More →
Last month marked the 30th anniversary of not only the biggest metal release in history, but also one of the best-selling albums of all time in Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album, commonly referred to as ” The Black Album”. Now, the Bay Area-based hard rock titans are celebrating this Friday withRead More →
Best known as the drummer for legendary rock band and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Def Leppard, Rick Allen has also become an accomplished painter in recent years. This weekend, he is making two appearances in the region to celebrate his latest creations. Allen, drummer on Def LepRead More →
Best known as the drummer for legendary rock band and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Def Leppard, Rick Allen has also become an accomplished painter in recent years. This weekend, he is making two appearances in the region to celebrate his latest creations. Allen, drummer on Def LepRead More →
Black Music Month kicks off this month and includes reissues of classics from some of the world’s biggest artists, including Charles Mingus, Curtis Mayfield, Milt Jackson & Ray Charles, Zapp & Roger, The Drifters, The Time, and unreleased music by Miles Davis and Roberta Flack. Influential black artists have openedRead More →
“But rock has its own subculture,” he continues on Zoom. “There’s a level of passion that you don’t see in any other genre. Things like moshing, crowdsurfing, wall of death… they’re unique to rock, which makes it fascinating to me. When it comes to the hip-hop versus rock debate, McHughRead More →
LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 06: Juice WRLD performs live during Wireless Festival 2019 on July 06 … [+] 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Lorne Thomson/Redferns) red ferns Although they might seem like two genres that couldn’t have less in common with each other, rap and rock aren’t all thatRead More →
Like it or not, rock music nearly died in the 2010s. Metal, punk and hard rock were pushed underground by the music industry, losing popularity faster than ever. The only bands that still play are those dating back to the 80s and 90s, but even they have lost a largeRead More →
Billboard‘s Hot Rock Songs welcomes a trio of top artists, including two for the first time. Ed Sheeran’s “Blow,” featuring chart newcomers Chris Stapleton and Bruno Mars, launches at No. 3 on the July 20 survey. Sheeran’s album closing track Collaborations Project #6, released on July 12, begins with 7.5Read More →
The great musical tent that is American had his best selling week ever, even that rock music failed to find even one location on Billboard’s mainstream Hot 100 wireless card. Exemption: rock with a strong dose of GED. ______________________________________ Through Glenn Peoples of pandora Rock is not dead. I’ll fixRead More →
US music fans consumed twice as much rock music as pop music in 2014, according to new figures – but R&B/hip-hop was the most popular genre on streaming services like Spotify, YouTube and Rdio. Nielsen Music data for the US market last year shows that rock music claimed 29% ofRead More →