Against the bizarre backdrop of the NBA Playoffs taking place during the same late-summer week as the Democratic National Convention, industry lips are flapping as usual. The subjects of chatter include the luxuriantly coiffed Morgan Wallen, VMAs overseer Bruce Gilmer, RECORDS man Barry Weiss, a Nike-sporting Drake and K-pop standard-bearers BTS. And the beat somehow goes on.
PRINCE, FIVE YEARS GONE: SOME PURPLE MUSINGS
His death continues to reverberate. (4/22a)
NMAAM TO HONOR SMOKEY, QUINCY, LIONEL DURING BLACK MUSIC MONTH
A fitting lead-in to Black Music Month (4/22a)
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RHYTHM, BLUES AND THE FUTURE
The musical tapestry we know as R&B.
WHO'S NEXT?
Predicting the next big catalog deal.
JUST THE VAX, MA'AM
Once we all get vaccinated, how long before we can party?
WORLDWIDE GROOVE
How is globalization bringing far-flung territories into the musical mainstream?
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