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What makes a hit? A look into 2024’s top-charting songs

Long gone are the days of yore where every other song on the charts is Katy Perry’s, Adele’s or Rihanna’s. Sort of.

As resale ticket prices climb, the live music industry looks for solutions

Price gouging is not just affecting massive sold out shows like Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, where resale tickets sold for as high as $20,000, but permeating into local concerts and smaller, independent venues.

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Taylor Swift is successfully ‘shaking off’ her old record label with her new re-records

This past summer, Taylor Swift released a re-recording of that album, entitled Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). The decision to re-record her albums is an attempt to have ownership over her songs and devalue her original work following the announcement in 2019 that the original masters rights to her songs were sold when Big Machine Label Group, which includes Swift’s old record label, Big Machine Records, was bought by Scooter Braun’s company Ithaca Holdings for around $300 million.

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The “multiverse” of music genres is warping into a sea of vibes

Once rigid classifications around music genres are deteriorating as streaming algorithms tailor sounds to listeners. Are vibes the future?

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YardWork Concerts brings backyard entertainment to jazz enthusiasts

Takoma Park, MD – Jazz Kitchen Productions organizes and presents local backyard concerts in support of jazz musicians and the local jazz music scene in the DC, Maryland and Virginia area after the pandemic shuttered venues.

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COVID-19 takes huge toll on music industry

For many musical artists, their income is driven primarily through touring and live performances. With restrictions on crowd gathering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of 2020’s shows have already been canceled or postponed indefinitely.