Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 05: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Samara Joy winner ...

Sometimes it is a pleasure to listen to an album simply because the quality of the music is so consistently gratifying. And if the music is sung as well as Judy Whitmore sings it on Isn't It Romantic, ...

For more than a year, Edgar Alejandro left his song “A Tu Lado” in the drafts folder of his phone, unsure of what the public would make of the mariachi and jazz fusion. At the time, corridos tumbados ...

As frequent love songwriter Paul McCartney once sang, "Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs / And what's wrong with that?" Love has been one of music's main themes throughout ...

Reuniting after a decade, ex-Abe Vigoda members Michael Vidal and Juan Velasquez make a welcome return to sighing, swirling guitar and dusky post-punk ambiance. While Abe Vigoda’s tropical punk roots ...

The philosopher Plato said that music “gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and everything.” Incomparable jazz musician Louis ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few voices in music history have encapsulated love, passion, and romance quite like Lionel Richie. With a ...