Latin Music Reached Record $490.3 Million Revenue in First Half of 2025: RIAA

Latin music grew 6 percent in early 2025, reaching $490.3 million in U.S. revenue, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
USA Today

The history of beef between Trump and Bad Bunny

You probably haven’t heard of Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. But you likely know him by his stage name, Bad Bunny. Unless you’re President Donald Trump. Trump on Oct. 6 told Newsmax's Greg Kelly that ...
Yardbarker

The 20 most iconic songwriters in country music history

If you've ever felt deeply moved or deeply seen by a song's lyrics, you can thank a songwriter. That's especially true in country music, where the words seem to pull on your heartstrings a little ...
The Virginian-Pilot

An attack ad alleges a ‘history of predatory behavior.’ Here’s how the Hampton delegate responded.

The race between incumbent Republican A.C. Cordoza and Democrat challenger Virgil Thornton Sr. to represent House District 86 intensified after Thornton released an attack advertisement alleging ...
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Paying tribute to East LA's music history

The "A Great Day in East LA: Celebrando the Eastside Sound" exhibition explores the musical influences and history of East Los Angeles artists. Indiana University fires student newspaper advisor who ...
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This Decade Is Easily the Best Era in Music History and Nothing Else Comes Close

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...
Bay Area Reporter

‘The History of Sound’ – Despite the music, this forbidden love tale’s a bit bland

What if your greatest love was your first one and any chance of happiness disappeared when it ended? That’s the haunting idea behind the new gay film romance, “The History of Sound.” Seemingly a love ...
Post and Courier

Civil War-era history of Longstreet Theatre inspires ghostly production by USC professor

COLUMBIA — There are the ghosts that haunt old buildings, and there are the metaphorical ghosts of the past that haunt our dreams and consciences, perhaps reminding us of things that we’d rather ...
Seattle Times

Seattle Symphony’s new music director, Xian Zhang, makes history on podium

With a tiny flick of her fingers from the Benaroya Hall podium, Xian Zhang unleashes a delicate flurry of clipped, staccato notes from the Seattle Symphony’s violins during a June rehearsal for ...
News4Jax

The Eyes of the World: Experience the Final Months of WWII Through Music, Film, and History

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital is proud to present The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at the Jacksonville ...
Religion News Service

The oldest pipe organ in the Christian world sounds after 800 years of silence

JERUSALEM (AP) — After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world roared back to life Tuesday, its ancient sound echoing through a monastery in ...