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Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1965, the daughter of an electrician and an activist.  She was something of a child star in her home country, releasing her first album as simply Björk at 12 years old. A charismatic and distinctive vocalist, she fronted several bands before the 1986 formation of the Sugarcubes, […]

“I never really wanted to do music,” Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run-DMC tells Ivan Neville, son of legendary soul singer Aaron Neville, during a candid interview at Park City Summit. As a kid, he was more into comic books. But thanks to a number of influences, including his mother and father and the radio station […]

As expected, Nine Inch Nails will hit the road this year for the Peel It Back tour.

With a string of heartfelt ballads and storytelling tracks under her belt, Shannon K is stepping boldly into 2025 with the release of her dynamic new single, “OTT.” A departure from her previous work, the track is an anthem of liberation, confidence, and unabashed fun, showcasing the young artist’s evolving sound and artistic growth. “The […]

It’s recently come to my attention that someone has been posing as me online offering to pay music professionals and other people to write for SPIN. They even shamelessly stole my profile photo of me with my wife and children.  If you’ve been contacted by someone who’s stolen my social media profile (or anyone else’s […]

It is the eve of the release of Victoria Canal’s much-anticipated debut album, Slowly, It Dawns, and the singer/songwriter is just getting off the ski slopes in Seattle. This is not where Canal is supposed to be. A week prior she was scheduled to be the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! That appearance, and […]

Ronald Reagan was president. The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the U.S., along with the Sony Walkman. The Titanic wreckage was discovered. The ill-fated New Coke made its debut. So did the Apple Macintosh computer. Rocky IV, Teen Wolf, The Goonies, and Legend were in the theaters, and Amadeus won an Academy Award.  It’s […]

Carlos Malcolm may not be a household name, but it should be. Without this now 90-year-old innovator of Jamaican music—this composer, this trombonist, this conductor, this arranger, this director—we may never have heard of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, or other such stars. Carlos was one of the pioneering musicians and composers who forged ska from […]

Olivia Rodrigo, Stevie Wonder, the reunited No Doubt and Peso Pluma have been added to the FireAid lineup.

TikTok is back online after going dark dark overnight in the U.S. ahead of a law mandating its Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance divest its ownership.