In some ways, COVID shrank the distance between musicians and listeners. But then, it also threw nearly everything about the industry into disarray, and for many, things have never been the same.

Streaming has turned the once-rare deluxe edition into a given for pop albums. Many feel clunky or inessential — but a few artists have found ways to take the format high-concept.

The 23-year-old singer, songwriter and performer is brand new to the music scene and creating quite a buzz. Born in Boston and now based in Los Angeles, Bebe Stockwell was recently named one of BMI’s artists on the rise.

Singer-songwriter David Rawlings talks about a guitar he found in a friend’s basement and located an incredibly rare item to trade for it.

Wiggins died Friday morning after battling bladder cancer for over the past year, according to a statement released by his family on social media.

Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, died on Monday. On Friday at midnight, Parton released the song "If You Hadn't Been There" in his memory.

"Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years," Parton wrote in a statement.

The Current spoke with Invie — The Local Show’s March Artist of the Month — about the 20-year journey to this present moment, their upcoming tour supporting solo album 'Self-soothing' in the U.S. and France, their relationship with the piano, and more. 

Stone, a Grammy-nominated R&B singer who rose to fame in the late 1970s, was known for hits like "No More Rain" and "Wish I Didn't Miss You. She was killed in a road collision in Alabama on Saturday.

Anora won five Academy Awards, including best picture. Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin won best supporting actress and actor. Flow and No Other Land won best animated feature film and best documentary.