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 ...

Streaming services are helping revive America’s most old-fashioned, undigital genre. Charley Crockett, a rising star in the roots-music field, performing in Nashville, Ind., in May.Credit...Kristine ...

Rosanne Cash writes about "Merry Golden Tree," a ballad that traveled from Europe to America’s shores carrying the seeds of folk and country music.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The trouble is less with the song itself than with Song’s attempt to pivot toward a conventionally reassuring ending, which feels ...

There were so many. I think we can all admit that country music itself is no stranger to tropes, clichés and the like. Of course, you have your classic beer, trucks, dirt roads, dogs and mama clichés ...

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 ...

When a song takes you back The first chords of a favorite ’70s, ’80s, or ’90s song instantly evoke memories of youth, friends ...

People are drinking less these days — trending toward moderation or non-alcoholic alternatives on a night out, according to recent industry reports. But songs about drinking never seem to go out of ...