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Music Features
AI music isn't going away. Here are 4 big questions about what's next
Tennessee just passed the first U.S. law regulating generative AI in music. But the technology, adept at copying real artists' voices and styles, is moving too quickly for one law to keep up with.
A new play peers into a band's life, from the inside
Stereophonic, a new play on Broadway with music by Arcade Fire's Will Butler, tracks the volatile creation of a rock and roll album over the course of a year in the 1970s.
Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets' is written in blood
With The Tortured Poets Department, the defining pop star of her era has made an album as messy and confrontational as any good girl's work can get.
Why Future trusts Metro Boomin
After a decade ruled by their influence, the buzzy reunion of two hip-hop giants finds one imbued with a startling new power.
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After Injury Reserve, RiTchie gets back in the game
In his first solo outing, the rapper breaks free of the stifling expectations set by the experimental music of his group in pursuit of a pure love of rapping.
50 years ago, 'Come and Get Your Love' put Native culture on the bandstand
Redbone's hit cracked the Billboard Top 5 this month in 1974. It was a first for a band with all Native and Mexican American members — but the song itself had a quietly political message, too.
Can rap beef exist when no one agrees on what's being fought for?
If the current conflict between J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar and Drake feels confusing, it's because the artists often hailed as hip-hop's "big three" have never played by the same rules.
Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' is a portrait of the artist getting joyously weird
Cowboy Carter has spurred plenty of discussion for being a groundbreaking country album. But for one critic, it calls to mind is a cult favorite '70s psych-rock concept album.
ABBA fans celebrate 'Waterloo' Eurovision victory, 50 years on
The song's win at Eurovision Song Contest on April 6, 1974 launched the Swedish supergroup on its path to success.