Xania Monet has songs with millions of streams. She has appeared on Billboard charts. She has hundreds of thousands of Spotify listeners. And she landed a multimillion-dollar record deal. But Xania Monet isn’t a conventional…
Country Calling returns to Ocean City, Maryland on 2 and 3 October 2026 with more than 25 country artists playing across three stages. Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson, Miranda Lambert and Rascal Flatts sit at the…
Mauve’s “So Good” is a smooth deep-house cut built around atmosphere rather than excess. Released through We Are Diamond in April 2020, the track pairs dreamy vocals with guitar textures and warm synth melodies, moving…
Apple could be about to completely change how Spotify looks on an iPhone. The company’s first foldable iPhone is expected to be unveiled as part of Apple’s September 9, 2026 event, although Apple has not…
If you’ve been listening to blues and soul playlists recently, you may have encountered Enlly. The mysterious artist has developed a substantial streaming audience with soulful vocals and tracks including “Through My Soul”, “Still Here”,…
DistroKid has become one of the biggest names in independent music distribution. Its pitch is attractive: pay an annual membership, release unlimited music and keep 100% of your normal streaming royalties. But is DistroKid actually…
Breaking Rust looks exactly like the sort of musician country music fans have seen hundreds of times before. Rugged cowboy. Weathered face. Gravelly voice. Songs about resilience, whiskey, hardship and refusing to change for anybody.…
Jerry’s Sound Room has become a surprisingly large name in soul and blues music. Songs such as “No Me Debes Nada”, “Tu Nombre en la Oscuridad” and “Beneath My Skin” have generated millions of Spotify…
You hire somebody to promote your song. A week later your streams explode. Fantastic. Or is it? Artificial streaming can threaten royalties, releases and even your wider catalogue. The difficult part is that artists sometimes…
Sienna Rose seemed to appear from nowhere. The mysterious neo-soul singer began generating millions of streams with dreamy tracks such as “Into the Blue”, “Safe With You” and “Where Your Warmth Begins”. Her music sounded…
