Music

After downsizing in 2019, Avery McDaniel of Beloit, Wisconsin, is having the "busiest rental season ever." What's up with the clarinets?

Streaming accounts for the vast majority of recorded music income, but musicians and producers make fractions of a cent per stream.

Chris Farrell walks us through the business factors behind the enduring success of one of the world's greatest rock bands.

The Hipgnosis founder says his goal is to make money for shareholders and “change where the songwriter sits in the economic equation.”

Listeners sound off on the music they'd like to hear on the show and what those selections mean to them.

Jordan Leckband, the general music teacher at Windsor Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa, figured out a new direction for his career.

It seems this month’s documentary selection, “Summer of Soul,” was — in short — a hit. Many of you wrote in to share your delight in the music and the message. “What a gem! I was an 18-year-old college freshman at the time and I can remember the afros, dashikis, bell bottoms and mini skirts, […]

Why the Harlem Cultural Festival, known as “Black Woodstock,” was forgotten for decades.

The expansion offers African music lovers another option and makes the landscape more competitive for local streaming services, like Gateway in Zimbabwe.

Sales estimates are all over the place. Small business owners are hoping to ride out the uncertainty.