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Inside the Bull Market for Songwriting Rights

Student Who Was Jailed for Breaking Quarantine in Caymans Apologizes

Skylar Mack, the American college student who was released from a prison in the Cayman Islands last week for violating...

A Child of China’s Gilded Elite Strikes a Nerve Over Wealth and Privilege

Singer? Dancer? Model? The documentary doesn’t really make it clear.“I don’t think she will influence society,” Ms. Hung said in...

Why Medical Tourism Is Drawing Patients, Even in a Pandemic

“Our market has always been what I call the ‘working poor’ and they just keep getting poorer,” said Josef Woodman,...

Morgan Wallen Debuts at No. 1 and Smashes a Country Streaming Record

January 18, 2021

The new year has started with a bang for the music industry, as two young stars have arrived with monster...

Phil Spector: Hear 15 Essential Songs

January 18, 2021

Phil Spector died Saturday as an inmate in California, convicted of the 2003 murder of Lana Clarkson. By then, other...

Phil Spector, Music Producer Known for the ‘Wall of Sound,’ Dies at 81

January 17, 2021

After “There’s No Other (Like My Baby)” and “Uptown” reached the Top 20, Mr. Spector was keen to have the...

Sylvain Sylvain of the Proto-Punk Band New York Dolls Dies at 69

January 17, 2021

The band made a quick splash but within a few years had dissolved, leaving only two albums from its heyday,...

Globalfest Moves Online, Showcasing World Music Without Boundaries

January 16, 2021

Minyo Crusaders set an old Japanese song, from a tradition called minyo, to a Nigerian Afrobeat groove. DakhaBrakha, from Ukraine,...

The Blockbuster ‘Drivers License,’ a Possible Reply and 7 More New Songs

January 15, 2021

The most important thing about Olivia Rodrigo’s new single “Drivers License,” released last week, isn’t that it now holds the...

Disneyland as a Vaccination Site? Airports as Test Centers? The Travel Industry Pitches In