Music

Spotify is adding short-form videos from its editorial team to New Music Friday, its flagship weekly playlist for new releases. The videos feature Spotify’s curators sharing their picks, spotlighting rising artists, and explaining the stories behind songs and albums. The feature is rolling out to free and premium users in the US first. “New Music […]

The music industry descended on New York this week for Indie Week and a flurry of parallel gatherings. The conversations kept circling back to the same handful of anxieties: generative AI, streaming fraud, underpaid songwriters, and the organisations meant to protect them. Four issues, in particular, dominated the agenda. Each one carries the potential to […]