Category: Music
The recently announced “strategic partnership” between Udio and Universal Music Group isn’t innovation. It’s capitulation. It’s the sound of a promising startup trading its soul—and its users’ futures—for the false …
The induction of Steve Earle—of Copperhead Road fame—into the Grand Ole Opry isn’t an honor. It’s a funeral. It is the final, formal signal that the institution has been conquered, …
Country music is dying not from silence but from surrender. Once a creed of dirt roads and divine lament, it now kneels before algorithms and appeasement. The charts are clogged …
Rock music was never just a sound. It was the anthem of white masculine rebellion — a thunderous middle finger to conformity, politeness, and control. It terrified polite society because …
Nashville built an empire on her pen but hasn’t yet given her a mic. Kentucky native Mary Kutter—the writer behind songs like Nate Smith’s “Sleeve” (51 million streams) and Bailey …
The announcement of Rush’s return to the stage in 2026 has sent waves of excitement through the rock world. In their statement, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson explicitly confirmed they …
Chris Willman has spent decades writing about music. He’s won awards, covered legends, and built a reputation—which makes his July 2023 hit piece in Variety attacking Jason Aldean’s “Try That …
Two weeks ago, CBS ran a video segment titled “AI-generated music sparks industry concern.” That single phrase set the tone. It framed AI not as a tool with potential upsides …
When Rick Beato appeared on CBS Saturday Morning TV show to demonstrate Suno’s AI music capabilities, CBS staged a propaganda vignette. It wasn’t an educational segment. It was designed to …
The loudest weapon in the anti-AI arsenal is the word consent. It has been smuggled into copyright law as if it belongs there. It never did. Consent has never been …
Gordon Sumner, better known as Sting, has long been celebrated as a rock icon, humanitarian, and intellectual artist. From his days fronting The Police to his solo career and environmental …
The music industry’s old guard is scared — and they should be. AI platforms like Suno and Udio are disrupting a model that has controlled music creation and distribution for …
