Jonathan Bernstein

‘It’s About How Power Works’: Author Liz Pelly on Her New Spotify Book, ‘Mood Machine’

‘It’s About How Power Works’: Author Liz Pelly on Her New Spotify Book, ‘Mood Machine’

The book, an investigation into the internal practices and cultural effects of the streaming giant, is “an entryway into a…

January 7, 2025

Billie Eilish Just Had Her Biggest Week Ever

The star earned her highest-ever week of equivalent album units, but 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' was her first album…

May 28, 2024

‘I Think We Opened Doors’: Las Ketchup Look Back on ‘The Ketchup Song’ at 20

Two decades after their unlikely novelty hit took the world by storm, and shortly after a recent TikTok revival, the…

June 24, 2022

Maren Morris Finds A Path Away From the Middle on ‘Humble Quest’

The country star’s third album is fascinating, and proudly unresolved.

March 23, 2022

‘Compensation, Healing, and Closure’: One Man’s Quest for Reparations in the Music Business

Scholar Kevin Greene’s ideas on how to fix the structural racism in America’s copyright system used to be seen as…

March 7, 2022

Van Morrison and Eric Clapton Wonder Why They’re the Only ‘Rebels’ Left in New Duet

Song is the second collaborative release from Clapton and Morrison since the pandemic began

June 12, 2021

Bandcamp Rakes in More Than $4 Million for Artists in Wake of COVID-19

Artists suffering setbacks in the wake of COVID-19 got a better-than-average payday on the platform

March 24, 2020

Jimmy Johnson, Muscle Shoals Guitarist Who Backed Soul & Rock Giants, Dead at 76

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section member could be heard on hundreds of records and worked with Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Wilson…

September 6, 2019

Dolly Parton, Brandi Carlile Duet on Spellbinding Version of ‘I Will Always Love You’

Collaboration was one of numerous highlights involving Parton at this weekend’s Newport Folk Festival

July 30, 2019

Review: Hozier Deepens His Folk-Soul Sound on ‘Wasteland, Baby!’

The Irish singer-songwriter gets political and collaborates with Mavis Staples on his first album in five years

March 4, 2019