2025 was a roller coaster of a year, especially for the entertainment industry at large. Thankfully, music got everyone ...

This is Celia Hirschman with On the Beat for KCRW. Have you ever wondered what makes a music scene thrive? Think back to Seattle during the grunge period, or the punk movement in New York's Lower East ...

Jessie Murph has fans in an uproar. The 20-year-old singer, who has been compared to Amy Winehouse, sparked a social media firestorm over the music video to her risqué new song “1965.” The video, ...

Artists are notorious for designing elaborate album rollouts and music videos full of shock value when they release a new project. In 2010, to promote her fifth studio album New Amerykah Part Two ...

The main highlight this year was 90s group KRU, who held six major shows for their GenKRU series. Originally planned as a one ...

Taylor Swift imitates one of William Shakespeare’s most tragic characters for her “The Fate of Ophelia” music video. The song, which is the opening track on her new “The Life of a Showgirl” album, ...

KUT's Miles Bloxson and Elizabeth McQueen explore how Austin musicians are adapting to AI and the changing music industry. Austin, Texas is known as the live music capital of the world. And the ...

From CBGB to the LIE. Just when you thought it was “so last summer,” the iconic punk rock/emo and hardcore scene is still moshing hard on Long Island. The Big Apple’s far east neighbor is home to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new book on Austin’s music scene is coming out this fall. And while there are countless books about the “Live Music Capital of the World” and the artists that have come from it, the ...