Hero the Band islooking for its big break. In a different kind of year, the Atlanta rock quartet, a recent signing for Jason Flom’s Lava Records, would be hitting the festival circuit to pick up an opening gig for a bigger act and build up their fanbase in person. With …
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This story appears in Rolling Stone‘s 2021 Future of Music issue, a special project delving into the next era of the multibillion-dollar hitmaking business. Read the other stories here. Rissi Palmer, a keen student of history, had long noticed problems with the way people talked about race in country music. …
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“It’s not as deep as people will think it is,” says Addison Rae, discussing the meaning behind her surprise debut single, “Obsessed.” Rae has 78 million followers on her TikTok, which she launched in the summer of 2019. In less than two years, the 20-year-old has built an empire that …
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Ludwig Göransson was in the middle of scoring Tenet,Warner Brothers’ most anticipated film of the year, when the pandemic struck — not only pausing most of the film industry’s releases, but also keeping his entire orchestra sequestered, unable to get together in a room and rehearse or record together. With …
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Music streaming services have a new favorite number. In recent job ads, Apple Music is telling would-be candidates: “We started with 1,000 songs in your pocket. Now it’s over 70 million.” Last week, YouTube’s Global Head of Music Lyor Cohen announced within a slew of new stats about music consumption: …
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In Rolling Stone‘s series At Work, we go behind the curtain with decision-makers across the fast-changing music business — exploring a range of responsibilities, burgeoning ideas, advice for industry newcomers, and more. Read earlier interviews here. When you think of H.E.R., it’s almost impossible not to envision sunglasses, cascading hair, …
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Matt Graham admits he knew little about — and didn’t even like — country music before he signed the country trio Midland in 2014. Graham had just left Scooter Braun Projects to start his own management company, BRND MGMT, and reshape his reputation as a “teen-pop guy” after working with …
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Watching live rock & roll from the confines of a mini-sheep pen. Superstar artists delaying their big record releases. A rave featuring the Goldman Sachs DJ guy. Music fans have faced a string of disappointments and oddities in recent months that the music industry will eventually be glad to turn …
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Without exception, there’s nobody music companies would like to hear from lessthan Richard Busch. And he’s rather pleased about that fact. An attorney specializing in copyright infringement, Busch — head of entertainment at Nashville-based King & Ballow — makes his living accusing people of stealing. Most famously, he accused Pharrell …
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