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Country music is having a moment. Country artists regularly top the Billboard Top 100 chart, which tracks the most popular songs in the US. The genre is the fastest growing in America, and 2023 was ...
Metal Gear Solid and Halo composers Nobuko Toda ’03 and Kazuma Jinnouchi ’02 talk about the paths to their careers and what it takes to level up in the video-game industry. In 2006, Nobuko Toda ’03 ...
Fresh off a Grammy nomination for Shuruaat, the ensemble members share their stories and build a playlist of their musical influences. Learn the story behind this uncommon album, and dive deep into ...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop. From one perspective, it’s a relatively short period of time. Consider how many of the genre’s founding legends—DJ Kool Herc, Kurtis Blow, ...
Some of the greatest recordings of all time have been made with remote recording setups and minimal equipment. Consider Billie Eilish's When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Or Bruce Springsteen's ...
Music documentaries grant unprecedented access to the stories behind our favorite songs, artists, and iconic moments that have made their mark on music history. Whether you’re looking to broaden your ...
While many musicians daydream about touring the world, the reality and challenges of touring life are well-documented. One doesn't need to read too many interviews with famous bands to catch anecdotes ...
With few exceptions, nearly all the acts topping the charts today are "electronic" in some way. The reasons are multifaceted—technical, cultural, financial, and logistical—but one thing is clear: ...
Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT Abu Dhabi) has launched and is now accepting applications for the Berklee Abu Dhabi Fellowship Fund, which offers budding music industry ...
Our culture has been fascinated with the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) for ages. It’s a phrase that, depending on how much you already know about it, might evoke chrome-plated images of a ...
Back in the spring of 2020, on the day before Berklee’s campus was shuttered because of the pandemic, Laufey (pronounced “Lay-vay”) recorded her first song. She was 19 and nursing a broken heart, and ...
Rosie Scher ’20 was a student at Berklee when she had a viral TikTok hit in 2020 with “Never the 1.” The song launched her career and landed her a deal with Arista Records. When Scher first posted ...