A fan asked his Oklahoma radio station to play a new Beyoncé song. The request was rejected, spurring hundreds of calls and emails about the exclusion of Black musicians from the genre.
Few people were aware of the 1994 single “Insomniac” by the rock duo Billy Pilgrim, and it quickly sank into obscurity. But a cappella groups can’t stop singing it. We set out to find an explanation.
An interview with one of the year’s surprise success stories in the music industry, who’s become known as much for emotional openness as for hit songs.
Jason Aldean’s single “Try That in a Small Town” stirred up political controversy, and climbed the charts. We talked to Aldean fans about what they heard in the song.