Trumpet blares, fading sounds of heartbeats and a ringing alarm clock. These aren’t sound effects for a movie — rather, for music projects created by fifth graders in Evanston/Skokie School District ...
This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. I am useless without background music. A writer by day and an avid concertgoer by night, I relied for years on Spotify to provide my soundtrack ...
On a recent episode of The Ebro Show, host Ebro Darden proclaimed that “the algorithm” works against anyone who publicly feuds with certain figures, namely Drake and DJ Akademiks. “I’m letting y’all ...
Ebro Says Booking Guests Is Harder Without Hot 97: 'People Are Acting Different' Ebro opens up about the challenges of booking guests in the digital era, saying artists and longtime contacts “act ...
A data analysis of 30,000 Spotify songs, combined with insights into the platform’s algorithm and Discovery Mode, shows how audio traits, listener engagement, and timing can influence reach. For R&B, ...
TikTok has become the most influential music discovery tool in 2026, with data showing most viral hits originate on the platform before charting globally. Studies highlight how algorithmic preferences ...
The Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was. Essentially, the firm creates networks of social media pages (typically on TikTok) ...
We've had the legend of Robert Johnson wrong this whole time. The deal he made at the crossroads wasn't with some mythical devil at all. The truth is he sold his songs — i.e. his soul — to a predatory ...