Afrofuturist music transcends beyond space, connecting the past, present, and future, via artists such as Sun Ra, Flying Lotus, Drexciya, and Alice Coltrane.

In Northern Nigeria, particularly within the Kannywood industry and the broader Hausa music scene, wealth is often built through a combination of music streaming, high-profile political endorsements, ...

The year 2021 was an amazing one for artists in country music. We rounded up four songs that came out in 2021, which are among the best ever written in the genre. “Fancy Like” is one of country ...

Art can outlast the artist — but what about their artistic impulses? A new art installation project in Australia, titled “Revivification,” raises this question with a very literal interpretation of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credits: Paramount Plus Behind the Music (2021) Season 2 is the second chapter of the documentary series that features new ...

If you’ve been reading Paste this year, you know a lot of music came out in 2021. Hip-hop was no exception, and despite a pandemic, it was a blessing in disguise to the many musicians who had an ...

Though we continue to move into a world where genre is an antiquated notion, it’s always fun to focus our year-end efforts on the best each distinct subset of music had to offer. And if there was one ...

Spotify is continuing its effort to offer some transparency to musicians who are unhappy with its streaming rates. The company updated its “Loud & Clear” website today, providing a breakdown of some ...

Physical media showed strong signs of life last year. The 2021 RIAA Music Industry Data confirms that vinyl and CDs are going nowhere but up. Americans purchased how many new records in 2021? 40 ...

On Tuesday, March 8, the four-decades-running tradition of the Austin Music Awards returned to celebrate the best and brightest locally-sourced music of the past year. Presented by the Society for the ...

The RTÉ Choice Music Prize, now in its 17th year, celebrates the best in Irish recorded music. The renowned event, which awards the Irish Album of the Year and the Irish Song of the Year, has become ...

“family ties” will undoubtedly go down as one of the defining songs of our current musical era. Featuring Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem, two of the most in-vogue rappers, this track represents Keem’s ...