What counts as a “one percenter” in New Zealand these days? The “1%” is often used as shorthand for the wealthiest people on the planet. Last week, Stats NZ released updated net worth data that gives ...

This house music, it's gonna set you free. In 2025 house music is such a globally popular and varied genre that its origins in early 1980s Chicago warehouses seem improbable. But the myth of house ...

Hear recent tracks from Bon Iver, Dijon, Karol G and more. By Lindsay Zoladz I’m back! Thank you to the many guest writers who took over Amplifying duties for the past several months, while I was ...

Brenton Wood, the soul singer who sang 1967’s catchy “Oogum Boogum Song” and followed it with the Top 10 hit “Gimme Little Sign,” died Friday at his home in Moreno Valley, CA. He was 83. His managers ...

After the Brudi Brothers played at The Sunset Tavern in December, a TikTok video of their performance went viral. Beneath blue and orange lights, the Americana band — Johannes, 32; Conrad, 30; and ...

Dolly Parton began working with Porter Wagoner in 1967. She’d already been working on music at this point, but the spot on his show lifted her career to new heights. Wagoner said that hearing one song ...

Is it The Velvet Underground or Velvet Sundown? The fictitious rock group, Velvet Sundown, which comes complete with AI-generated music, lyrics and album art, is stoking debate about how the new ...

Instagram announced Monday that it’s finally adding the ability for users to listen to previews of songs that they’ve shared from Spotify to Stories. While Instagram has long allowed users to share ...

Bruce Springsteen fans and casual listeners alike can be forgiven for balking when his Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set was announced. Here were seven(!) albums’ worth of material he didn't feel ...