Marc Hogan

Why have Pop concerts become so expensive, and what are the consequences?

How the pandemic is reshaping live music events. 

Last month, streaming music giant Spotify filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. Here's what this move could mean for the future of the music industry.

Drake's viral hit "Hotline Bling" has been viewed by millions and has launched meme after meme on social media, but when asked about the rapper, Archy Marshall pleads ignorance. In fact, it seems safe to say that the relationship between the London singer, songwriter and producer better known ...

Mud has a way of capturing the popular memory of a music festival. After stormy weather hit this year's massive TomorrowWorld, an electronic dance music gathering held in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia on September 25-27, images circulated online of self-identified festival goers sleeping, stranded, on the soggy ground. Organizers of the ...

The issue of how much musicians theoretically earn from their work has moved out of the trade press and into social media's trending topics recently, whether that's Taylor Swift demonstrating her clout via a successful protest of Apple Music or Jay Z's Tidal promising artists higher royalty rates than other ...

Sarah Cracknell made her solo debut on a rare 1987 single called "Love Is All You Need." Redolent of swinging-'60s London, the title hinted at the gift on which the U.K. singer with the airy, pealing soprano has built a career: She can take what might seem retro and sing ...

Maria Yanez might be the present-day music industry's ideal customer. The 36-year-old from Long Beach, Calif., owns roughly 1,000 vinyl records. Though she has sold "a lot" of her CDs and stopped buying digital music about three years ago, she's mostly content with her paid Spotify subscription.

Yanez worries that ...

In mainstream music, the cassette has long been considered a dead format. But under the radar, a cassette resurgence has been steadily mounting.