Venice, Italy. Photo Credit: canmandawe Milan-headquartered record label and distribution company Artist First has officially inked “a wide-ranging new agreement” with London- and LA-based Various Artists Management (VAM). 12-year-old Artist First and 13-year-old Various Artists Management just recently unveiled their pact, which will see the companies coordinate “to discover and […]

Jon Pareles | Jon Caramanica | Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles’s Top 25 Many of the best songs of 2021 are on the best albums of 2021, listed here. But of course there are many more: peaks of other albums, onetime collaborations, singles, random streams. Here are 25 memorable songs, arranged […]

Via a Facebook post on Saturday, famed Canadian vocalist David Clayton-Thomas (of Blood, Sweat & Tears fame) announced that “I am officially retiring from the concert stage. I am now past my 80th birthday… having survived two heart surgeries and 60 years of rock & roll, it’s time to hang it […]

The season is upon us and there is no escaping it.  “The Christmas Song” greets us at warmly lit restaurants. “White Christmas” follows us down the supermarket bread aisle. “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” stupefies us everywhere Pay Per Touch. What makes holiday music so unavoidably popular year […]