This season’s highlights include the Gospel Extravaganza, the 40th International Folk Festival, special guests Gretchen ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Everybody is talking about the Velvet Sundown, a prolific band that, in just a few months, released three albums and garnered over 1.4 million monthly listeners via its verified Spotify account. If ...
You can find the phrase in the first line of Berklee’s About page. It’s our handshake: Hi, we’re Berklee, a contemporary music and performing arts school. This is how it’s been since Lawrence Berk ...
In 1873, a young German immigrant climbed aboard the S/S Vandalia and sailed to New York. He didn’t know it, but the teenage Friedrich Gretsch was about to set in motion a four-generation legacy that ...
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 ...
Political campaigning is often described as theater, with its use of rousing speeches, dramatic TV ads, and, over the last few election cycles, social media. The addition of music, then, can make it ...
Back in December of 2020, I went to post on Twitter (as it was still called) some grumbling about how my household's penchant for holiday music was messing with my streaming algorithms, only to ...
It’s heard in the clubs. All over TikTok. In nearly uncountable Spotify playlists. Thumping off the walls of Zumba classes. Through the halls of malls. Scan the radio—it’s there too. Luis Saldarriaga ...