iLLPHONiCS’ Larry Morris Waxes Lyrical On “96to99”

iLLPHONiCS offer music that carries itself with a strut and swagger, but with the social awareness of hip-hop when it achieves its best intention. The St. Louis outfit has been grafting hard for the past few years, blending genres, avoiding cliches, an…

M. Ward Talks Purity Of Essence And Hopes For ‘More Rain’

Portland, Oregon-based M. Ward has just released his eighth studio album, More Rain, via his longtime label Merge Records. When creating a record, the singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer looks to weave together old records with that …

Flashback: See Miranda Lambert Cover Merle Haggard at All for the Hall

Miranda Lambert, who first came to the attention of country music fans as a contestant (and third-place finisher) on Nashville Star, showed her reverence for classic country on the USA Network reality singing competition with a feisty performance of Me…

See Gabe Dixon’s Southern-Tinged ‘Crave’ Video

In a city overflowing with transplants, Gabe Dixon is a rare Nashville native. It seems fitting, then, that the piano-pounding songwriter — now an Americana solo artist, following a decade-plus run as frontman of his own Southern pop/rock trio and sideman for the likes of Paul McCartney and Alison Krauss…

IFPI: Digital Revenue Overtakes Physical For The First Time Ever

Today the IFPI released their annual report and for the first time ever digital revenue has surpassed physical revenue. In 2015 the global music market reached a major milestone as digital consumption surpassed physical, making it the primary revenue stream for the recorded music industry. Of the total global music revenue in 2015 digital accounted for 45% […]

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