In Slate’s annual Music Club, Slate music critic Carl Wilson emails with fellow critics—this year, Rolling Stone staff writer Brittany Spanos, New York Times contributor Lindsay Zoladz, and four ...

It's been one heckuva year, with the coronavirus pandemic upending seemingly every aspect of our lives. Yet the singer/songwriter was snubbed when Grammy noms were announced last month. He tweeted ...

“There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time,” John Cage wrote. “There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.” Hear that, ...

After generating a straightforward playlist with top songs, YouTube Music is now emailing subscribers a “Your 2020 music journey” recap complete with listening stats and other breakdowns. YouTube ...

Looking back years from now, we may or may not remember how we encountered the songs that defined 2020 — on the radio, on a streaming service, on TikTok as the soundtrack of somebody’s viral dance ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrea Bossi is a New York-based contributing reporter covering music. Jan 07, 2021, 11:00am EST Jan 07, 2021, 11:18am EST This ...

The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the music industry in 2020. With live performances cancelled and music venues forced to shut down, vast numbers of performers were thrown out of work. The livelihoods ...

Let's face it, 2020 has been anything but normal. Thankfully the year is almost over. The coronavirus pandemic upended virtually every aspect of our lives. The music industry wasn't immune. Performers ...

While our feet were planted firmly in the U.S. in 2020, largely barred from international travel, streaming data shows us our ears, at least, were wandering the globe. Figures from Alpha Data, the ...

In a year in which there were few ways to hear music beyond the comforts of your own home, music videos served as a welcome — if not essential — way to experience our favorite songs. From big-budget ...