From what we can tell, favorably comparing your popularity to Jesus, being sued by your own record company and marrying your 13-year-old cousin are all less damaging than what the Dixie Chicks once did: speaking out against what would turn out to be one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history.
Biggie On Fulton Avenue in Brooklyn spittin fire as a young'n!
In the past decade, recorded music has gotten louder and has deteriorated from a sound-quality standpoint. A recording engineer discusses "The Loudness Wars" and a psychology professor explains why the ubiquity of MP3s has changed what we hear.
Experience the power of Elvis Presley and the explosive impact he had on music and popular culture in the Newseum's newest exhibit 'Elvis! His Groundbreaking, Hip-Shaking, Newsmaking Story.'
Instead of playing only songs about the end of the world, Gunaxin syncs up the last remaining moments to relevant songs until the last man falls.
Tips on how to expand its reach—or just blow it up entirely.
What is music? It’s a simple question, but it leads director Christopher Pomerenke in many complicated artistic and scientific directions in his documentary The Heart Is a Drum Machine, out Tuesday on DVD.
In the span of his brief career, Jimi Hendrix only produced three albums.Now comes Valleys of the Neptunes, a collection of recordings from the final days of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Music critics have been reluctant to embrace the album because so many of his posthumous releases have been throwaways. However, this effort is turning heads.
Pink Floyd and its label, EMI, are battling over online royalties stemming from a contested clause in their decade-old contract. The developer of The Dark Side of the Moon and other top-selling albums claims its contract with EMI requires its music to be sold as an entire album, not the single tracks that EMI has permitted iTunes to distribute...
Today is the 13th-year-anniversary of Biggie Smalls (aka The Notorious B.I.G.) death. He was one of the most momentous hip hop artists of all time. Here he is before he made it, rapping, age 17 on a Brooklyn street corner.
Gladstone counts off Gaga's terrifyingly compelling sexuality in his latest "Hate by Numbers" -- the first at HBN's new home on Asylum.
PlacidoDomingo has undergone surgery for colon cancer, a spokesman for the opera singer has said.
The White Stripes first ever live album won't debut until March 16, but NPR scored an "exclusive first listen" of the blistering barreling through of a decade-spanning assortment of newer songs and older fan favorites.
This spoof of the Jay-Z & Alicia Keys NYC anthem "Empire State of Mind" is a tribute to the internet's most successful social media entrepreneurs and a testament to the rise of tech in pop culture.