Selected Features & Criticism

Musicians keep leaving Spotify in protest of CEO's defense investments, Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, 2025

There’s a new generation of folk protest singers on TikTok, Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, 2025

Aggressive immigration enforcement makes musicians rethink U.S. tours, Nastia Voynovskaya, 2025

Daddy Yankee led reggaeton’s global rise. As he bows out, the genre enters a new era, Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, 2022

Why are the Grammys' rock categories stuck in the past?, Marc Hogan, 2025

Why would a musician join OnlyFans? Because making a living is only getting harder, Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, 2025

Reimagined for a new era, boleros become songs of gendered rebellion, Isabelia Herrera, 2022

How Chappell Roan's producer Dan Nigro crafts pop hits for a new generation, Ailsa Chang, 2024

Taylor Swift popularized fighting for masters. Are more artists getting ownership?, Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, 2025

Politicians keep using songs on social media. What if an artist doesn't like it?, Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, 2025

The essential listening guide to Bruce Springsteen's 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums', Caryn Rose, 2025

In 2022, Bad Bunny made pop stardom a subversive act, Isabelia Herrera, 2022

Zola Jesus finds purpose in the process, Liz Pelly, 2022

Caterina Barbieri’s rapturous electronica was forged in deep solitude, Lewis Gordon, 2022

The Super Bowl halftime show was a mixture of respectability and reckoning, Harmony Holiday, 2022

Revolutionary Fun: Why we can’t stop talking about Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance,’ Ann Powers, Jason King, Latesha Harris, 2022

In Ethel Cain’s music, hell is a place on Earth, Meaghan Garvey, 2022