When a song takes you back The first chords of a favorite ’70s, ’80s, or ’90s song instantly evoke memories of youth, friends, or first loves. According to research published in Slate, brain imaging ...

When host Peter O’Dowd asked his 13-year-old daughter what songs are popular on TikTok right now, she responded with “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” by Paul Anka from 1959. Music writer Ted Gioia has ...

I closed my Last.fm account in 2019 and didn't think anything of it, until I signed back up recently. Right away, it felt like I was catching up with an old friend who had some new stories to tell me.

Like the tales of all good troubadours, the story of Old Crow Medicine Show starts with a lot of street-corner busking and a little bit of chance. The old-time influenced band formed in 1998. After ...

All the growth in the music business now comes from old songs — how did we get here, and is there a way back? The new music market is actually shrinking. All the growth in the market is coming from ...

Artificial intelligence can generate new songs and even artists, but it can also be used to raid hits of the past for new earnings potential. AI is being used already to separate elements -- called ...

In the past few months, entire (or almost entire) catalogs from musicians like Bob Dylan, Whitney Houston, The Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, ZZ Top, and about a dozen more have sold from ...

Rich Gardner, an author and self proclaimed music fanatic, joins Bob Sirott to discuss some of the latest publications in his catalog of books documenting the best selling records, top charts, and ...